My second installment in my "A-Z of travel" takes readers on a trip to a French country house transported to New York City, a palace made of corn, and on a ride guaranteed to get a song stuck in your head:

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Are you planning on taking a ferry between El Nido and Coron in the Philippines? If so there are two options for you.

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Tourist Ferry:

Every day of the week you can catch the tourist ferry between these two ports. The ride will supposedly average 8 hours and cost 2,200…

Intrepid Travel is one of the world's leading small group adventure tour operators. It offers authentic and fun experiences that give travellers the chance to get under the skin of the places they visit, with more than 1,000 itineraries to more than 100 countries worldwide.

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Matinlo Mag Angay Tong Coron

(Maganda Pumunta sa Coron)

ITLOG No. 14

(26-29.02.2012)

We would…

Most people don’t like their passport photo but mine is worse than yours, I guarantee it. It was taken a few years back when I weighed 30 pounds more than I do know, no doubt a result of my ongoing donut fetish. There was more hair but it was…

Oyster Worldwide are delighted to once again offer one lucky travel blogger the prize to go on a volunteering trip to work with rescued brown bears in Romania. Get to know these cuddly looking creatures in their natural habitat, working closely…

We’re pretty excited for summer 2012. We’ll be staying two weeks in the French region of la Dordogne … for free!

We have managed to secure a spot at a lovely bed and breakfast or chambre d’hôte in this culinary mecca known for their truffles and foie gras. Alas, no grey poupon.

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This was the message that I received from my body about 9 months ago. (Well, I had to clean that up a little. “Shlep” was the most offensive blog-friendly word that I could think of.) My shirts felt tight, my face looked doughy, and the less said about the time that I split my pants at the fancy cocktail party and everyone saw my polka dot boxers, the better.

Caro and I had been living in Toronto for 8 months and the local Pizza Pizza was our best friend. Seriously, I wanted to tell…

I'm not a professional photographer, I do not have a black and white camera and yes, I may have enhanced some of these with Photoshop. But sometimes color just doesn't capture the drama of scene; and sometimes draining out the RGBs and CMYKs just looks cooler. For cities like London and San Fran, where a gray day is as common as a gawking tourist, it's almost natural to view the cityscape through fog-colored lenses.

To see some of my favorites, check out…

Traveling the world can seem a daunting task if going alone, which is why many people don't travel until they can find a travel partner.  Unfortunately, finding a travel partner who shares the same travel dreams isn't always easy. 

For this reason, I took to traveling solo, regardless of my fear.  Here is a little post I cooked up on the topic explaining both the benefits of solo…

There’s a great photography post doing the rounds at the moment called ’7 Super Shots’. HostelBookers.com put out the call to select 7 of your favourite photographs, one for each of the following categories, then tag 5 bloggers that you would like to take part. I was really pleased when …

Say si to scintillation! Because HouseTrip is giving you the chance to win a trip for two to Barcelona, Spain is especial Espana.

Soak in the sun and explore one of Europe's most magical…

Recently I was hiking with a lovely hikers group I’m part of (EDEN’s Nature Guides) toPellumbas village which is located just half an hour drive from the city of Tirana and is surrounded by beautiful nature and silence. From this small village you can visit…

I was lucky to get the chance to see some of these eagle hunters in action when in Kyrgyzstan last November.  The eagles are trained from birth by their owners who grow a special bond in the process.  This has been a practice in Central Asia for around 6000 years.

See more photos of the eagle hunters >>…

A lot of people wonder how would they know that the faint streak that they sometimes see in the sky at night, is a cloud or a faint northern light.

The answer is : look for the stars. If you can see the stars through the faint light then it is the Aurora. If you can't then in all probability it is a cloud and in a cloudy sky, it is difficult to see the aurora anyway. You need a clear sky. The micro climate of Abisko actually promises a lot more clear nights than some other places. …

Join HouseTrip.com, Europe's largest online provider of short-term holiday rentals, as we explore Rome in advance of Travel Bloggers Unite.

If you are arriving in the Italian capital in advance of…

The Napa Valley you dream of is not in California, at least for those of us who don't own a boutique vineyard. The Napa you dream of exists halfway across the world, slightly north of Rome, nestled quietly on an Etruscan hillside where grape vines stretch as big as Yountville, strung across undulating greenery from one ancient castle to the next. Don't go to California expecting the Napa of your dreams; because that's Tuscany.

Napa is something else altogether. The bits and…

I re-visited Hoi An in Vietnam this year - had it changed much in four years or was it still as magical as the first time?

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I survived! No-one is more surprised than me....but let me explain. Japan, to say the least, was an impromptu trip. As of mid-January, I'd been on crutches for almost two and a half months, which had whittled my social life down to the movie nights, dinner parties and booze fests that I could host in my shoebox. Gone were the dinners out, the nights dancing,…

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