Imagine if you will, being in Beijing and trying to get from one side of the city to the other. Pretty easy one would have thought as one can simply hail one of the thousands of taxis that cruise the...
South Africa is arguably home to some of the most magnificent roads anywhere that traverse deserts, farmlands and mountains, effortlessly linking quirky villages and towns with the large metropolitan...
Recently, I was compelled to visit Australia’s Gold Coast to attend a wedding of a dear friend meaning I once again found myself in a city that I called home for over two decades. To those unfamiliar...
Arriving in any city for the first time when grey skies, driving rain and cold conditions dominate is never that pleasant as often weather conditions can, and do leave a poor and sometimes an undeserv...
Perched atop a series of rocky mounds that rise from the arid plains of Don Quixote’s La Mancha, the small city of Toledo is a veritable giant when it comes to Iberian history. Until the 16th-century...
In just a matter of weeks, the city of Cape Town will run out of water! This majestic metropolis, with a population of over 4 million, perched on the southern tip of South Africa will carry the onerou...
First published in the Arabian Airlines in-flight magazine July 2017. There will always be days in Venice when tourists seem to outnumber locals by at least two to one, especially in July and August....
