RECENT ARTICLES

published in 2010:

www.suite101.com (262 articles to date)

An Indian Journey - Amritsar, Rajasthan, Manali

Real Travel - Ladakh

Holiday Villas and Cottages - Marseille, Isle of Man, Lanzarote

Compass - Makarska Riviera / Croatia

Central Algarve - hidden places

People's Friend - Croatia, Ladakh, Marrakech

Destination France - Annecy

published in 2009:

www.suite101.com (159 articles online in 2009)

BBC History - St Augustine Abbey, Rochester Castle, Belmont House, and 6 features on Great Days Out

Tashi Delek (Bhutanese inflight) - Coronation, Eastern Bhutan, Lemon Grass and Temples, Paro Valley, Haa Valley

Holiday Villas and Cottages - Sicily, Madeira, South Africa, New Forest, Winter Sun

Holiday Villas - St Lucia, Cuisine of Provence, Lanzarote

Holiday Cottages - Brecon Beacons

French Property News - Cévennes, Dijon

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) - Highest Pub in South Africa, World’s Highest Road Pass in Ladakh

Real Travel - Bhutan Coronation

National Geographic UK - Phnom Penh

Soul and Spirit - Bhutan

Living France - Cooking in the Dordogne

Destination France - Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

People’s Friend - Lanzarote

published in 2008:

Living France - St Nicolas (Winter 08)
Weissmann - Nepal online guide update (Dec 08)
French Property News - Dordogne (Nov 08)
French Property News - Vosges (Oct 08)
South China Morning Post - Bhutan (Sep 08)
French Property News - Poitou-Charentes (Sep 08)
People's Friend - Amalfi Coast (Aug 08)
BBC History - Anne of Cleves House (Aug 08)
World Travel Guide - Bhutan online update (Aug 08)
AllWays online - Poland (Jul 08)
Holiday Cottages - Kent for Kids (Summer 08)
Holiday Villas - Lanzarote (Summer 08)
Tashi Delek - Trashiyangtse (Summer 08)
Weissmann - Bhutan online update (Jun 08)
Elite online - Kew Gardens (Jun 08)
People's Friend - Grenada (Jun 08)
BBC History - Arundel Castle (Jun 08)
Holiday Villas - Costa Calida (May 08)
People's Friend - Lorraine (May 08)
Tashi Delek - Bumthang (Spring 08)
BBC History - Peru (Apr 08)
Portugal - Walking in Madeira (Apr 08)
French Property News - Lorraine heartlands (Mar 08)
BBC History - Canterbury Cathedral (Mar 08)
Real Travel - Bhutan (Mar 08)
Isle of Wight Visitor Guide - 2008 (contributor)
Morning Calm - Grenada (Feb 08)
BBC History - Hylands House (Feb 08)
Holiday Villas - Lycian Coast, Turkey (Feb 08)
Tashi Delek - Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan (Jan 08)
BBC History - Carreg Cennen, Wales (Jan 08)
Portunus - Vietnam/Cambodia (Jan 08)

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Bhutan Coronation
Kira, pins, belt, it was all there, beautifully laid out on the bed, but how do you put on a Bhutanese dress? Perhaps the hotel staff could help? ‘Sorry, madam, there are no ladies on duty at this time.’ So I ended up with two men in my room, struggling with metres of fabric, red and gold, folding this way, that way, under the arm over the arm to no avail. ‘I can’t be late for a Coronation,’ I pleaded...
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St Lucia
The last shred of mist drifted across the plantation and the men began their work to the beat of a Creole drum. They sang of mountains and jungle as they sawed through the log perched on a scaffold in age old fashion. A hummingbird landed on a vivid bloom and in the bamboo hut, the first cassava bread sizzled on the open fire. A new day had started in Fond Latisab, the small estate in Sunny Valley...
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Bhutan – Fire Blessing
Draped in silk and hand-woven gowns shimmering like rainbows, town folk and farmers came from all directions, women with babies bobbing on their back, old people leaning on bamboo staffs, men in knee-length chequered gho and sweeping white cuffs and sashes, and garlands of children whose dark eyes sparkled with excitement. …
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Snowdon – Three Generations to the Top
‘Which one is Snowdon?’ asked my 10 year old grandson.
‘The one you can’t see, up there in the clouds,’ said my daughter.
We’d been waiting for three days but whenever we stepped out of our cottage, Snowdon remained out of sight, teasing us now and then with just the briefest of glimpses. …
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Burgundy Canal Cruise
‘We’re being followed,’ said Alan, ‘take a look.’
A pretty blonde in skimpy red shorts was fast catching up with the boat, riding her scooter along the tow path.
‘That’s the lock keeper,’ explained crew member Tiffany …
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Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon
It was festival time and luckily we all had shoes. If you don’t, the policeman at the gate waves a bunch of stinging nettles. ‘Lack of respect,’ he warns. Draped in their finest clothes and chunky necklaces of turquoise and coral, villagers arrived from afar for five days of merit-making and fun. There were women with babies on their back, old men leaning on bamboo staffs, little girls with their shiny black hair in a bob, monks, farmers, dignitaries. Soon the eerie call of horns made from human thighbones echoed across the mountains and masked dancers pounced on the flagstones to chase away evil…
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Morocco- Desert Dawn
‘Good morning, wake up call please’. I glance at my watch, four o’clock, time to leave Erfoud and our snug Kasbah-style hotel. Outside the sky is full of stars, the night almost chilly. A mini-convoy stands on the alert, three Land Rovers spluttering in the dark.
  Yawning, unsteady, we squeeze aboard and head for Merzouga on the edge of the desert. As we rattle and swerve over the stones, tumble grass hurtles out of the way like an army of frightened hedgehogs…
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