Plotting a course to America’s Grand Canyon
One of the USA's most iconic landmarks is the Grand Canyon, deep in Arizona. Eric Whitehead makes the journey and finds a visit offers more than just a pretty view.
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Discovering the Cree in Moosonee, North Ontario
Eric Whitehead heads into Northern Ontario and the mud-road town of Moosonee. He finds Cree Country something of a revelation.
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Pompei, Capri and the Almalfi Coast
Eric Whitehead chooses Sorrento as a base to explore Italy's southern highlights.
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A lukewarm welcome to Sedona – Red Rock Country
Eric Whitehead finds that Sedona is a beautiful bit of Arizona. Though his weldome is somewhat underwhelming.
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San Gimignano – The Manhattan of Tuscany
In Italy, Eric Whitehead visits an iconic Tuscan tower town in shoulder season, and finds it all the more entrancing without the summer crowds.
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Hello Santiago, Chile’s cheerful Capital
Eric Whitehead finds the Chilean Capital a warm and friendly place, and all the better for an earthquake or two.
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All roads lead to Florence, specially if you’re lost
Eric Whitehead explores Italy's tourist highlights as he drives around Tuscany on a roundabout route to Siena.
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Chasing Hemingway through the streets of Madrid
For Hemingway fans Madrid is an important place of pilgrimage, as it forms the basis for much of his finest work. Lee Ruddin books a guided tour.
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More than just badlands in Saskatchewan
Eric Whitehead explores Grasslands National Park near Canada's American border and finds plenty of beauty and wildlife galore.
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Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
Eric Whitehead finds the Canadian province of Saskatchewan isn't all prairie and wheat fields. It has badlands and wildlife - though for an astronomical safari - not many stars.
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Arizona beckons on the ‘Go John’ trail
Eric Whitehead has visited every State in America, but Arizona is one of his favourites. So he returns to take a hike.
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Haida Gwaii – and a sacred First Nation experience
From British Colombia Eric Whitehead heads west, to the isolated First Nations outpost of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the mainland where the past is allowed to hold sway.
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North into the Arctic from the Dempster to the Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Eric Whitehead continues his journey north into Canada's most remote Northwest Territories and finds the road surface quickly deteriorates.
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Across the Arctic Circle on the Dempster Highway
Eric Whitehead can't miss the temptation of a good long road. Here he drives across Canada from Dawson City to Inuvik.
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The Moai Mystery of Easter Island
Eric Whitehead heads into the Pacific to discover the mysterious death of Easter Island, where a culture that could carve - and move - 80-ton stones inexplicably vanished.
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Cinque Terre, and a glorious slice of Italian coastal living
The villages of the Cinque Terre that cling to Italy's Ligurian coast can't fail to inspire. Eric Whitehead uses cars and local trains before taking on a steep, challenging hike.
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Finding the lesser known Antalope Canyon where Utah meets Arizona
Forget the Grand Canyon. Eric Whitehead finds that Antelope Canyon, in Navajo land, is far more spectacular.
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Patagonia: infinite in its beauty
Offseason in Chilean Patagonia and the hiking trails are closed. Eric Whitehead finds that keeps the crowds away and lets him enjoy the wilderness experience.
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A Canadian road trip through Newfoundland and Labrador
The Trans-Labrador Highway is a challenge for any driver. Eric Whitehead heads out across the developed world's last remote frontier.
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The art of bargaining with Ecuador’s taxi drivers
Eric Whitehead finds the white-knuckle experience of taxi-driven traffic brings an edge of danger to his travels around Ecuador.
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The coastal serenity of Atlantic Essaouira
Following his son's advice, Eric Whitehead quits Marrakesh for the coastal town of Essaouira, a former Portuguese enclave on the Atlantic coast.
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Pleneau Bay: where icebergs go to die
Eric Whitehead's love of Icebergs sees him heading south as far as he can go, and explore the frozen wastes of Antarctica.
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Mid-Lake Titicaca, a cultural stay on Amantani Island
Lake Titicaca, the high-altitude lake on the border between Peru and Bolivia, has a couple of secrets. Two islands that welcome tourists to stay overnight in very local conditions. Eric Whitehead checks in to a family home.
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You can’t see the Northern Lights if it’s raining
Eric Whitehead has no great expectations for the Northern Lights, especially as they rely on good weather conditions. But what he sees in Iceland makes him appreciate nature's power.
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Landfall Antarctica
Few of us have the chance to travel to Antarctica. Eric Whitehead boards a rugged expedition vessel and heads down south.
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When getting there’s not half the fun: Antarctica
Antarctica is a wonderful place, but crossing the Drake Passage is hell. Eric Whitehead reports on a less-than tranquil southern cruise.
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There’s nowhere quite like the Galapagos Islands
Eric Whitehead finds the animals of the Galapagos Islands strangely friendly. Perhaps Charles Darwin had it easy as he cruised the outskirts of the known world.
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New Brunswick’s hills turn out to be mountains
One of Canada's many remote provinces is best known for its remote coastal villages. But Eric Whitehead discovers another side to New Brunswick on a testing hike up Mount Carleton.
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All visits to Tuscany are just too short
Eric Whitehead's rambles around Italy's countryside is occasionally marred by getting completely lost. No matter: his Italian is coming on apace.
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A drive into the bay in sleepy Goose Cove
The icy waters off Newfoundland seem to exert an almost magnetic attraction on one unfortunate local as Eric Whitehead ambles round with his camera, shooting icebergs and looking out for moose and coyote.
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Tracing Arizona’s section of Route 66
America's iconic Route 66 officially no longer exists: sometimes it's hard even to find. Eric Whitehead follows one of it's most demanding geographical stretches, through the state of Arizona.
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Casablanca – “Here’s looking at you kid”
A lot of travellers go to Casablanca by mistake. They've seen the movie and are surprised to find it's a modern city with little period charm. Eric Whitehead takes things further. He's surprised it's full of Arabs.
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Dicing with death on the roads of Vietnam
Vietnamese traffic is rapidly acquiring a world-wide reputation. For being scary, chaotic and dangerous. Eric Whitehead takes his life into his hands as he takes to the road on the scooter-filled streets of Hanoi.
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On the trail in Vietnam’s Sapa district
A trek in Vietnam's remote northern mountains leaves Eric Whitehead exhilarated - and a whole lot fitter.
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Peace rules in North Vietnam’s Sapa Valley
In the mountains of North Vietnam Eric Whitehead finds himself welcomed by smiles and surrounded by cloud. He sets off on a trek and finds his ecolodge is so in tune with nature there's too much of it: it's nearly a kilometre from his room to reception.
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Civita: Italy’s ultimate hill town
Of all the hilltop cities in the world, few can match Italy's Civita, just outside Rome. Eric Whitehead drinks in some outstanding views and more than a touch of atmosphere.
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A long wait for sunset in the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’
Midsummer Solstice in the Yukon and Eric Whitehead is knows exactly what to do with his evening. Go out and watch the sun not set, of course, over Canada's northern wastes. But he'd reckoned without a self-locking SUV.
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Meeting the Amish in rural Minnesota
The all-American town of Harmony is home to one of the world's largest Amish communities. But while the Amish aren't allowed cars or electricity Eric Whitehead has both: he loads a CD guide into the car stereo for a self-drive tour.
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