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View of Toledo from the surrounding hills.

Madrid to Toledo train: Ticket prices, timetables and day trips

Tickets on the Madrid to Toledo train cost €13.90, with the high speed journey taking just 36 minutes. This makes the historic capital of Spain a perfect day trip from Madrid. Madrid to Toledo train times The Madrid to Toledo train makes Spain’s former capital…

Madrid, public transport, Spain, Toledo, trains, transport

Inside Te Ara on Rarotonga, the Cook Islands.

Te Ara on Rarotonga: The story of the Pacific Islanders

In the Cook Islands, the small Te Ara museum provides an unexpectedly engrossing look at the settlement of the Pacific Islands. The wall map in Te Ara For map geeks, the one on the wall in Te Ara is utterly engrossing. It not only shows…

Cook Islands, museums, Pacific Islands, Rarotonga

Driving into the Andes from Santiago, Chile

From the Chilean capital Santiago, it’s an enjoyable drive through the Aconcagua Valley towards the dreaded Los Caracoles. Driving through the Maipo Valley from Santiago You don’t have to drive too far out of Santiago for the landscape to start getting hillier. The south-eastern route,…

Andes, Chile, driving, mountains, Santiago

Trader Jack's on Rarotonga, the Cook Islands.

Raining in Rarotonga: Hiding out at Trader Jack’s

At the Vaka Eiva festival, I realise it’s the rain, not the sun, that sets the slow pace of life in the Cook Islands. Rainy days in the South Pacific They never tell you about the rain. It’s all about the beaches, the lagoons and…

Cook Islands, Pacific Islands, Rarotonga

The invention of baseball – and the Abner Doubleday myth

Desperately trying to get some kind of understanding of baseball, David Whitley heads to Boston’s Fenway Park and Cooperstown, where the game was supposedly invented. Hunched over the bar, faintly jet-lagged, the statistics blizzard fired past. I had, I quickly realised, no idea what any…

baseball, Boston, Massachusetts, museums, New York, sport, USA

Experience the magic of night kayaking in Puerto Rico

Kayaking through Puerto Rico’s Laguna Grande, every paddle stroke ignites glowing bioluminescence, transforming the water into a shimmering, starlit spectacle. Gliding Through the Mangroves: A Mysterious Journey The light from the front is faint as we glide through the mangroves. A picture builds of dimly-lit…

bioluminescence, kayaking, Puerto Rico

Why the scarlet macaw has returned to the ruins of Copán, Honduras

A breeding programme is bringing back the scarlet macaw – once held sacred by the ancient Maya – back to the Copán ruins in Honduras. To skip the story and book your Copán tour, head here. Mayan Ball Game in Copán, Honduras Amid the ancient…

Central America, Honduras, wildlife

Visual trickery at the Museum of Illusions, Las Vegas.

Museum of Illusions Las Vegas – review

The Museum of Illusions in Las Vegas is fun, but gets overshadowed by competitors offering similar attractions at a grander scale. Visiting the Las Vegas Museum of Illusions Sometimes an experience is coloured by what comes before it. In my case, that’s certainly true for…

family travel, Las Vegas, museums, Nevada, reviews, USA

The Moser Glass Factory in Karlovy Vary, Czechia.

Moser glass factory tour, Karlovy Vary | Review

On a tour of the Moser glass factory in Karlovy Vary, it’s possible to find a love for the Czech art of glass. How expensive is Moser glass art? Entering the shop, there really is a temptation to buy. Even for someone not overly inclined…

art, Czechia, Karlovy Vary

Spear fishing on Aitutaki, The Cook Islands

A fishing trip on one of the most beautiful islands on earth is harder work than expected. A fishing trip with a difference Mike from Black Pearl Fishing Charters takes one look at the afternoon’s current forlorn haul, and turns towards the cabin. “If the…

Aitutaki, Cook Islands, fishing, Pacific Islands