Big THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us in the TravelMole awards: the awards ceremony was held yesterday in Canada House, James, Al and I attending, and we were very happy to win the Web 2.0 category and take home a rather pointy glass trophy as well as the greater award: the kudos of winning. It was our users and contributors who all helped get us short listed (thanks again!) but the final decision was made by an expert panel, and it's always nice to be appreciated, especially all Al's work on the lovely new-look site design.
Congrats Kat!! and held in Canada House...how wonderful.
expat from Canada now living in the Republic of Panama and one of your writers :)

The best job in the world and the worst job in the world for someone with itchy feet, I get to talk to all the Experts about th…

It's 3720 miles across the Indian Ocean between Australia and Mauritius. Which takes between about 68 days and forever to row.

Daniel Fox, one of our syndicated bloggers, has just got back from a 600 mile kayak expedition along the Argentinian coast. That's right, all his blog posts were coming in from the far – field.

What would you do if you came across a piano? All alone. Just minding it's business on the pavement, spray painted with the words: “Play me I'm yours”?

They're about to start an 'underwater museum' in Cancun, though from the description it sounds more like an underwater sculpture gallery. Interesting and aquatic...

I have never felt as vibrantly, emphatically alive as I did on February 27th, over a lunch of baby corn with chicken and rice.

As I arrived at the Dennis Severs’ house in the Shoreditch neighbourhood of London, there was not much to distinguish it from the others in this Georgian Terrace, surrounded by modern office blocks. One of the guardians of the house was waiting just outsi

On our recent visit to Istria, the northernmost province of Croatia we tore ourselves away from the sunlounger to explore the coastline at Limski Kanal (also known as Lim Fjord or Limski Channel). This deep sea channel cuts inland with steeply sloping woo

When we visited Istria in Croatia this summer, the joys of lying by the pool were wearing abit thin after the first day (for me anyway) so we decided to hire some bikes.