The solid blocks of colour on the buildings at La Boca, Buenos Aires, strike you the minute you arrive. Bright blue juxtaposed with bright yellow distinguishes one building, and reflects…
The solid blocks of colour on the buildings at La Boca, Buenos Aires, strike you the minute you arrive. Bright blue juxtaposed with bright yellow distinguishes one building, and reflects…
Avenue inspires a book. Book inspires a street name. It took a novel by John Steinbeck for the Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, California, to have its name changed to…
A November Day of Gaucho Tradition in Bariloche, Argentina Lake Nahuei Huapi and snow-capped mountains © Marjie Courtis Swiss Style in Argentina The town’s backdrop was a series of…
I took an eight week holiday in my own city of Melbourne, taking a break from my outer suburban home, and moving into The Olsen Hotel in South Yarra, as…
Iguazu Falls From The Air © Marjie Courtis Argentina’s Iguazú National Park and Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park adjoin each other and are both World Heritage listed. They share an…
A Week In Provence: Part I My week in Provence seemed to zip along as quickly as the Train Grand Vitesse (TGV) that took me from Paris’s Gare du Nord…
A Week In Provence: Part II The first half of my week in Provence was wonderful and the new experiences, tastes and sights just kept on coming! Tuesday: Avignon A…
The former British capital of Rangoon Schwedagon Pagoda –actually an extensive complex. Yangon © Marjie Courtis First impressions of Yangon The official centre of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is Sule Pagoda,…
Sunrise in Bagan : © Marjie Courtis One hour from Yangon (formerly Rangoon) About one hour’s flight north of Burma’s major city of Yangon, lies the Bagan Archaeological Zone, where,…
More than 300 years ago, the explorer and buccaneer, William Dampier, sailed along the Western Australian coast in his ship, the Roebuck. He wrote the first European account of Aboriginal…
A Tip of the Patagonian Icefield. I was one of the 200,000 annual visitors to Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier. But unlike the majority of them, my choice was to stay…