Mexico City As a ‘statistic nerd’ I love data. I do believe in the saying; ‘lies, damn lies & statistics’ nevertheless the TomTom traffic index gives us a fair idea…

Beautiful Granada, on the shores of lake Nicaragua Nicaragua is a very hot and very friendly country. In many ways its dramatic volcanic environment is an unfortunate place to wedge…

No Guns! No Drugs! No Minors! Recently I was in Copan, Honduras, one of that country’s (very) few genuine tourist attractions. After visiting the spectacular Mayan archeological site, we checked…

Finally, a handstand at Machu Pichu 🙂 I love Peru and now it is fair to say another 18 people do as well. I started this contribution while sitting on…

Canada is in the dying days of a painful and tiring national election. With a small and extremely diverse population spread across the second largest sovereign land-mass on earth, speaking…

As can be expected, the recent humanitarian crisis in Syria elicits many emotions and perhaps some serious debate. Of course it has also opened a platform for bigotry, intolerance and…

Travel is often called the best education – both structured and unintended. The visitor, one would hope, should be the most affected by the experience in a learning context But…