• Train Characters in Transylvania

    We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting bet ...

    We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting better. By Transylvania, scenes of pocket-sized farms carved into dense forested hillsides were be ...

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  • Adventures in Egypt

    It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representat ...

    It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representative who, along with our driver, takes me to Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel where I will stay the ...

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  • Strutting Around Stockholm

    Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that t ...

    Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that transports us to the roof of Ericsson Globe, the largest spherical building in the world. Or bus ...

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  • The Middle Kingdom

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to me ...

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to meet Chinese women working in science, at home, in politics, on farms and in factories; and to to ...

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  • Australia: Scratching the Surface

    In 1787, the first fleet left Portsmouth, England with its load of convict passengers bound for what is n ...

    In 1787, the first fleet left Portsmouth, England with its load of convict passengers bound for what is now called Australia. Captain Arthur Phillip aboard HMS Sirius was not taken with Botany Bay and ...

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