4 min read • Apr 24, 2012
A great road is a great road, but if you’re riding a motorcycle, you’re looking for something special: twisties, vistas, turnouts, that perfect stretch of…
4 min read • Apr 24, 2012
A great road is a great road, but if you’re riding a motorcycle, you’re looking for something special: twisties, vistas, turnouts, that perfect stretch of…
4 min read • Apr 2, 2012
As a Canadian kid stewing away in the car’s backseat during a province-long family drive, I was resigned to staring out the half-rolled-down child-proof…
4 min read • Mar 14, 2012
The Emerald Isle is renowned for its spellbinding scenery. And while state-of-the-art main roads and motorways now link its cities and towns, there are…
3 min read • Mar 12, 2012
Jordan is probably not the first country to spring to mind if you’re thinking about taking a road trip, but there’s a multitude of reasons why this Middle…
3 min read • Mar 1, 2012
Helicopters may be the coolest form of transport in existence. I’ve often daydreamed about getting behind the wheel (or, erm, stick?) and piloting one…
6 min read • Feb 27, 2012
Like most deserts, the Negev is usually associated with sand, rock and the odd camel. Yet this seemingly dry and arid region in southern Israel is also…
5 min read • Feb 20, 2012
Fifty sovereign states. 10,180,000 sq km. 738,200,000 people. The word ‘Europe’ does little to convey the diversity found within, which can make it a…
4 min read • Feb 10, 2012
Yearning for sun, sand and eye-popping natural beauty? A trip to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula – and its crowning resort developments in Cancún and the…
5 min read • Feb 9, 2012
From desert elephants to colonial towns which suggest a piece of Bavaria in the sands, in Namibia there is a richness of life in even the sparsest setting…
4 min read • Feb 6, 2012
From a trans-African odyssey to the glamour of Amalfi by way of the wild western fringe of New Zealand's South Island, these magnificent routes will leave…
2 min read • Feb 6, 2012
With over four million miles of highway, the USA offers more road trips than anyone could tackle in one lifetime. Whether you’re itching to peek into Wild…
4 min read • Feb 1, 2012
Stretching across Australia’s northwest corner, the road from Darwin to Broome runs through one of the world’s last great wildernesses. This is a land…
4 min read • Jan 31, 2012
So you're ready to go. You've booked your flight, arranged your accommodation and organised a hire car. Awaiting is a week of motoring through Italy's…
4 min read • Jan 30, 2012
Scotland offers a heady mix of rugged scenic beauty and historical delights. Whether you're up for urbane city pastimes, outdoor activities or sampling…
3 min read • Nov 3, 2011
The stark beauty of Iceland's wild scenery. Photograph by David Noton
4 min read • Jul 26, 2011
There’s a saying that goes, ‘The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco’. It’s credited to Mark Twain, but that’s a lie; nobody really…
3 min read • Jul 20, 2011
Hairpin bends: 36. Length: 48km. Average slope gradient: 9%. Those are the vital stats of Austria's Grossglockner High Alpine Road, one of Europe’s…
6 min read • Jul 14, 2011
'The road is life,' wrote seminal American author Jack Kerouac in the 1950s, inadvertently summing up Cuba's post-Special Period transport system in just…
3 min read • Jun 19, 2011
Mark Twain famously said the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco. Well, with summer here in the northern part of the world, maybe…
2 min read • May 9, 2011
Every country in the world displays some diversity, but South Africa takes some beating.
4 min read • Feb 17, 2011
For all of Sri Lanka's cultural treasures and natural riches, the resilience and kindness of its everyday people are its greatest assets.