Category Archives: Landscapes Mark Twain described a “solemn, silent, sail-less sea” and called it “California’s Dead Sea”. Mono Lake is, indeed, other-worldy. The air is hot and still: July afternoon temperatures range from the high twenties (29°C; 84°F) into the mid-thirties (35°C; 95°F) – and rapidly drop into the single digits at nightfall. The waters are dense and […]  They call it España Verde – Green Spain: the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains. Well, some people do. The Spanish more commonly refer to it as the Cornisa Cantábrica – the Cantabrian Coast. Either sobriquet is apt for this wild and beautiful region in Northern Spain. Known for […]  In these days of rolling lockdowns and seriously curtailed travel, flying feels like a thing of the past. But, last year in October, I managed to get on not one, but two different airplanes in the space of a few days. Like most travellers with international itineraries, I was flattened in 2020 when Covid-19 pulled […]  When I’m travelling, I love to get out onto the water – or better yet, into the air – to get a different perspective on a new landscape or cityscape. After a day of exploring Muscat at ground level (see: Sacred Spaces and Between the Past and the Future), I had the chance to take […]  Point Nepean National Park is a special place with a long and visible history. It sits at the very edge of Melbourne, Victoria: the city wraps itself around Port Phillip, and from the southeast tip here at Point Nepean, you can almost throw a stone across the Victory Bight to the southwestern Melbourne suburb of […] |
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