Airline fires back after conservative commentator’s Twitter tirade. Source: Huffington
Originally published in the Guardian on 17 July 1967 WESTMORLAND: The best place to be during the recent heatwave has been nicely submerged in a Lake District pool – preferably with a waterfall at one end, pleasantly shadowed by an overhanging rowan and close by a bank of sweet-scented thyme. In this way on the…
The sweet yet slightly salty flesh of the fine-boned sardine-like sambaza is best sampled on the shores of this Rift Valley lake Every evening at sunset in the town of Gisenyi, a resort at the northern end of Lake Kivu in Rwanda, fishermen set out in wooden boats in search of the small, sardine-like sambaza…
A renovated traditional stone homestead with its own beach is the first in a new collection of holiday lets that make idyllic bases for exploring elemental Ireland High summer in the north-west nook of Ireland and guess what? It was raining. Seriously wet Atlantic rain that persisted through the night and bounced rhythmically off the…
The right-wing pundit, who often complains about victim mentality, plays the victim. Source: Huffington
Indonesian national park offers snorkelling, trekking and spectacular views from the summits – but everyone comes to see the large lizards Hang around in Bali long enough and you’ll meet some old timer who’ll tell you that the island is spoilt and crowded, but back in the 70s and 80s it was paradise. What is…
The artist says his doggy was put on the wrong flight. Source: Huffington
The alpine-like Zlatibor region in south-west Serbia offers forested peaks, waterfalls, pretty villages – and a few more eccentric attractions The horses seemed tame enough. One, a chestnut, ambled towards me as I trooped up the path to Čuker’s 1,359-metre peak. Not accustomed to meeting horses on Serbian mountains, I carried on before the chestnut…
The world’s longest trail, ready this year, traverses the entire country. It’s a busy path, our intrepid writer is told, so there shouldn’t be bears … When I was a teenager, I met someone who had done the Pennine Way long-distance footpath. And I gazed with awe on him. After all, 267 miles seemed a…
The U.S. national parks, scattered throughout the U.S. and its territories, truly have it all. Source: Huffington
