Tag: Accommodation

Tangren House

“This is a beautiful road but I’m getting tired of driving on it,” I said to Magellan, who was the one at the wheel. It

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Chiiori: Lost Japan

When I read Alex Kerr’s book Lost Japan back in 1996, I fell in love with the idea of visiting Chiiori. Never, never ever in

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Farewell Spit

It’s our favourite area in New Zealand, the tip of the South Island with its trio of natural wonders: Wharariki Beach (the best beach we’ve

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Camping in Oman

Above the Food Chain

What was one of my biggest fears in venturing off-road by ourselves through the wadis, beaches and deserts of Oman? Scorpions and camel spiders! I

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Kumano Kodo Day Three

When I looked again at the map for the Kogumotori-goe section we walked on our third day of the Kumano Kodo, how to write about

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