Author RSSTop 10 Prague: Highlights
As the geographical centre of Europe you'd be hard pressed to find a more jam-packed and exciting city than Prague. Having been literally off-the-map under the Communists until 1989, the city is now still waking up to its full potential.In one of the worl...
A short guide to having fun in Italy
The best time to go to Italy could well be, well, anytime. In reality the best time is between April and June as the flood of school holidays hasnt yet hit the roads, the countryside is at its fullest bloom and the weather isnt uncomfortably hot yet.
Whe...
10 things to do in the Arabian Peninsula
1. Embrace the remarkable Beit Sheikh Isa bin Ali on Muharraq Island in Bahrain.
2. Wander about coconut, frankinsense and camels along the Dhofar coast.
3. Slap on a scuba mask and tank and take in the breathtaking coral waters of the Khor Fakkan coast...
Venice: A city with a sinking feeling
Travel to beautiful Venice this winter and chances are you may hear the screeching of the 16 city sirens that signal the return of the "acque alte", or flood waters. Especially felt during the winter seasons between November and April these waters engulf ...
Travelling in the Arabian Peninsula
It may seem in the days of mass tourism and cheap worldwide flights that no stone has been left unturned in our pursuit of the unexplored. However, Arabia still offers much in the way of mystery and exoticism.
If you are brave enough to venture into this...
Do the world's poor children really need a $100 laptop?
The chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab recently launched the $100 laptop to the world's media. Is it necessary?
MIT rolled out a non-profit association, called One Laptop Per Child, to design, manufacture and di...
The smarter way to experience the Great Pyramids
From their construction throughout the centuries the Pyramids of Giza have represented mystery, wonder and awe to all. They are perhaps the only great architecture of the ancients to have survived more or less completely intact.
The oldest pyramid at G...
A new science for a new climate
At first glance it's hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earth's history has seen enormous change...