During a month in Samoa we were fortunate to spend a week on a deserted beach. Well almost deserted. The illusion of an empty paradise was somewhat challenged by the guy...
Tales of a City Trail
During a month in Samoa we were fortunate to spend a week on a deserted beach. Well almost deserted. The illusion of an empty paradise was somewhat challenged by the guy...
Whatever time of day or night you first glimpse it, Dubai grabs you, shakes you awake and reminds you that you’re alive. It’s a city that seems like it shouldn’t...
When Granny Fell Out of the Overhead Locker When Granny fell out of the locker on the flight to Tenerife the steward said she’d be safer securely stored under my seat...
Torii Story Beyond the gate lies sacred space. A thousand times. Shinto mountain shrine. Sometimes tourism is more than tourism. You forget the admission charges, the...
A cloud has always been many things to many people. A fluffy child’s drawing, the stuff of wedding nightmares, a sofa for the angels, a thing to dress up as. But...
Drive Less Feel More Embrace the release of your mind from the wheel. Let the tips of your fi ngers touch light and not steel. Watch raindrops power into foil lake and...
Lantern Festival Light has never been so heavy, companionship never so weightless. It started with one man, with one lantern, in one fishing town, somewhere in Japanese...
Have you ever seen a Twizy whizzing around the country lanes? It’s a sight to behold. While the popularity of the electric car grows and the mainstream car manufacturers...
Geisha Tea Party In every sip we taste the past, smiles dancing on blood red geisha lips. Kanazawa is one of the few places in Japan where Geishas still entertain. In...
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
