Biking in RhodesÂ
As I careen around a curve and begin a long descent to the harbour, my jaw drops. Lindos appears, stunning enough in its maze of whiteness, but near magical back dropped by an acropolis high atop a sea-flanked mountain. My Greek history professor would be disappointed. His colorful recants of Spartan battles, told between dizzying […]
Bison and Badlands
Special to Travel If you’re looking for the best of the West, it’s almost impossible to pass up the rugged beauty of South Dakota. The play of dawn light tints the rock faces a gentle bluish-pink that warms to red, gradually covering existing layers of purple shale, chestnut sand, orange iron oxide and white volcanic […]
Brazil’s Pantanal a Wildlife Gem
It had been the quiet wonders, from the pastel palette hues of Pelourinho in Salvador to the tasty seafood moquecas at Pedra do Guaratiba, that won me over in Brazil. Now as I approached the stilt-held Baiazinha Lodge on the shore of a lagoon in the interior of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul, I marveled […]
Head for Borneo
War drums pound, gongs chime and smoke rises up to the skulls hanging from the inner ceiling. When you step into the round Bidayuh head-house, you are surrounded by bamboo. It is difficult not to strip down to your loincloth and start dancing in what appears to be a special celebration. For man, Borneo elicits […]
Barging the Congo River
Barging the Congo River INTO THE WATERY HEART OF AFRICA BY CATHERINE SENECAL NOTE: I traveled to Zaire (now called The Democratic Republic of Congo) more than a decade ago when it was relatively safe to travel there. Still, the country was rife with corruption — we paid baksheesh (bribes) for crossing borders, taking photos, […]