by Anne Betts | Dec 6, 2017 | Booking Travel, Cuba
Where does one start when trying to figure out where to stay in Havana? The task was made easier by following recommendations of other bloggers. There was one recurring suggestion: stay in the neighbourhood of Vedado. One person described it as “más tranquilo,” a calm...
by Anne Betts | May 31, 2017 | Luggage and Packing
Everything I’d read pointed to a challenging experience pulling together a packing list for a safari in Southern Africa. Avoid black or dark blue clothing so insects won’t mistake you for a tasty buffalo? Skip rolling luggage in favour of a travel backpack? Treat...
by Anne Betts | May 31, 2017 | Travel Tech
Music has a way of making travel memories sweeter. Until technology advances to the point of improving the built-in speakers on Smartphones and tablets, your best bet is to look for a portable speaker. To the packing light traveller, speakers are a luxury most of us...
by Anne Betts | Jan 11, 2017 | Africa, Luggage and Packing
Ashley Dempster is passionate about packing. So much so, if it’s a choice between what she looks forward to more – packing or the actual trip, packing has the edge. Preparing a packing list for Madagascar, and the packing experience itself, were both approached...
by Anne Betts | Jan 6, 2017 | USA
It’s not exactly a location one readily stumbles across. But that’s how I discovered McSorley’s on a damp, chilly afternoon in April. The façade, barrels on the sidewalk, and the wooden sign “McSorley’s Old Ale House” beckoned me inside to a décor...