Palma de Mallorca is the capital of Mallorca, the largest of the Balearic islands, a small group of islands in the western Mediterranean. The…
Velvet Escape travel blog
Visiting Keukenhof – the world’s largest flower gardens
The Keukenhof is perhaps the Netherlands’ most popular tourist attraction in the spring. Literally translated, Keukenhof means ‘kitchen garden’, and is located near the…
Enchanting spots: Cappadocia
Cappadocia is arguably one of the most fascinating regions in Turkey. Located near the city of Kayseri (map) in the geographic centre of Turkey,…
A Whitsunday adventure
A Whitsunday Adventure (A page from my Travel Journal). I had the most amazing time sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. There were several firsts…
Lessons My Mother Taught Me
It’s Mother’s Day, a great moment to stop and reflect on all the wonderful lessons we’ve learned from our mothers. Some lessons are more…
Plane views: the beauty of a window seat
It was an excerpt from a book by E.M. Forster that inspired me to create the Plane Views series: “Those mountains to the right…
The Kinabatangan river safari
The Kinabatangan River is Malaysia’s second longest river (at 560 kilometers). Located in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo (map),…
My top-5 mosquito attacks
Mosquitoes love me. My Mum always tells me it’s because my blood is err… ‘sweet’. A friend told me about a vague scientific study…
The good life in Mendoza
The good life in Mendoza (A page from my Travel Journal). All the good stuff in Argentina seems to come from Mendoza (map), like…
