Travel

A trip to B.C.'s Discovery Islands reveals orcas, porpoises and ancient indigenous art

The SS Legacy is a replica coastal steamer.

A Disney Cruise stop in Russia's former Imperial capital goes for some murder and mayhem history.

The rickshaw turned dangerously down the lane and from out of the corner of my eye I could barely make out the delicate flutter of a blue silk kimono sleeve and the elegantly powdered white face of its passenger.

Don't be afraid to use alarming amounts of butter. And cream. And truffles. And caviar and foie gras and wine. And anything else French and wonderful and delicious.

Montréal Complètement Cirque festival offers performances en masse

Maybe you can find a rubber tomahawk or a Route 66 coffee cup in the stores of Santa Fe. I don't know. I never visited any.

No need to ask the captain's permission to come aboard a Salish Sea cruise to the southern Gulf Islands. A simple willingness to see with fresh eyes will do, especially when visiting the largest member of the archipelago, Salt Spring Island.

Flying over Botswana's Okavango Delta, I see water everywhere. Myriad ribbons of water, some big, some small, criss-crossing the pancake-flat landscape, uncontained by any height of land.

The sounds, sights and smells are almost overwhelming. Clearly I am in a different world from my normal existence but I realise that I am enjoying the experience.