Sarah Stewart finds a feast for all the senses at the markets of Mexico… The food hall was thick with veils of smoke, billowing up until it hit the blackened roof beams. Old women fanning glowing charcoal grills were visible through the haze. The aroma of charring meat besieged our noses. Plump ladies beckoned to … Continue reading
Laura Day wonders why Adelaide often seems outshone by Australia’s more frequently visited cities… Home to the largest wine region in Australia, a sandy coastline stretching over 60km and a modesty from its locals not heard of in the bigger cities, Adelaide should be stiff competition for its popular counterparts. So why is it failing to top the … Continue reading
Helen Matthews traces some historic footsteps in Cuba… We’re in Havana on the trail of Ernest Hemingway. First stop is his drinking haunt, the Floridita, where he invented a new, stronger Daiquiri recipe. His life-size effigy lounges against the bar, frozen in bronze. Now our taxi rattles over potholes as we leave behind the jewel-bright … Continue reading
Emma Higgins gives us a guide to one of the urban jewels of the Balkans… The word Sarajevo always conjured up in my mind visions of wide streets and chic residents strolling through them. And when I arrived in the Bosnia and Herzegovian capital, I was not disappointed. Some travellers going around Europe might believe … Continue reading