Here is a rare opportunity to experience one of earth’s most beautiful – and most rare – places. Fakarava, a place so stunning, an ecosystem so diverse it has been named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This diver’s paradise welcomes you to a world of magnificent cauliflower coral, sleek grey sharks, and neon schools of tropical …
Approaching this legendary island’s darkly mysterious volcanic peaks feels like one of those good-to-be-alive movements. There’s something almost sacred about the sight. Once on shore, the swaying palms, white-sand beaches and sea in various shades of turquoise are so seductive they’re nearly hypnotic. Romance is quite literally in the air. Get in the water to …
Alaska’s only interior city and second in size only to Anchorage, Fairbanks and its surrounds served as a summer camp location for Athabascan people for thousands of years, long before any outsiders arrived. However, its present metropolitan scale can be traced from the days when the gold rush hordes descended in the early 1900s. Much …
Deep within Alaska’s longest fjord on a narrow peninsula of land can be found the beautiful port town of Haines which was originally named for the founder of a 19th century mission. Surrounded on all sides by stunning mountain scenery punctuated with waterfalls, ancient glaciers and true wilderness, Haines can boast a truly breathtaking setting. …
Lapped by the Caribbean Sea and in its entirety a beautiful treasure chest of history full of incredible jewels, Cartagena is magnificent. Founded by the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, Cartagena quickly became a highly significant cog in the mighty machine of the Spanish Empire. Plundered gold, silver and emeralds along with tobacco and …
Today, although it wasn’t always so, Juneau is Alaska’s capital city with a population of around 30,000. However, despite its first city status, it still holds onto something of a charming small town air which is perhaps due to its being entirely cut off from everywhere else. Surrounded by dramatic mountains topped by a vast …
The city of Kodiak, located on an island of the same name and Alaska’s largest, has known human habitation for at least 7,000 years. The Alutiiq people had learned how to live from the land and ocean long before the Russians arrived in the 1700s to establish a fur trade. While many Alaska destinations have …
Often touted as one of the most magnificent and lovely of the Caribbean islands, St. Lucia is rich in natural splendor. Cascading waterfalls, lush rainforests alive with hovering hummingbirds, spectacular beaches fringed by coconut palms and the twin volcanic spires of the World Heritage Pitons which are this exotic island ́s most iconic landmark; all …
Sitting in the south of Alaska, Anchorage takes the title of the state’s largest city. Its story is a little different to that of the majority of other Alaskan larger settlements in that neither fishing nor mining played a hand. Here it was the railway which sowed the seeds of what would grow into Anchorage …
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For thousands of years the lands of the native Tlingit, for decades under Russian rule as a valuable fur-trading resource and port and then sold at 2 cents an acre to the United States in the 1860s, Sitka has a multi-faceted and fascinating heritage. Today all three of these aspects combine together to make it …
Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados is, simply put, a gem. Justifiably lauded for its fine, white sands and sparkling crystal seas, the island is considered by many to be the loveliest of all the Caribbean and it isn’t hard to see why. To this stunning idyllic tropical scenery you can add a people famed for their warmth …
If you could conjure up a picture in your mind of the most quintessentially Alaskan town possible Talkeetna is almost certainly it. Charming in the extreme, Talkeetna nestles at the foot of North America’s highest peak -Denali -and is filled with flower-draped log cabins where early 20th century pioneers once lived and worked, tranquil streets …
Originally a settlement grown from traders, trappers and pioneers, Portland just a century ago had a notoriety as one of the most dangerous ports on the planet. Today this wonderful city which sits in the lee of Mt Hood and at the confluence of two rivers draws attention to itself for entirely different reasons. At …
Lush, mountainous and filled with the colors of the Caribbean, St. Maarten is a traveler’s delight. Although it measures just 12 miles from north to south and approximately the same across its breadth, this small landmass nevertheless is divided between two nations and has been this way since the 1600s. The Dutch-governed southern part of …
The island of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic with its bleached white sands, waving palm trees and turquoise waters represents everybody’s image of tropical perfection. However, there is so much more to this corner of the world than sunshine, rum cocktails and Caribbean beats and the Dominican Republic’s capital of Santo Domingo …
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Located on California’s south coast and lapped by the waters of the Pacific Ocean, San Diego is often heralded as America’s finest city and known as the birthplace of California. Gorgeous beaches -many of them favorites with the local surfing community –and a climate which sees sunshine year round, keeps San Diego popular as a …
