Travel

England: Be careful walking in Sherlock's footsteps on the moors

Backstage with the cruise director It's 10 minutes to midnight in the Crow's Nest lounge of the MV Ryndam, somewhere between Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan on Mexico's Pacific coast.

The beast scuttles across the roof of the cave with unearthly, silent speed. Like a minion of Hades, it darts and lurches, doing whatever it can to evade the splash of my flashlight as I try to trace its progress above my head.

Care to kick off 2013 in an offbeat, get-out-of town kind of way? Here's a budget-minded suggestion: a trip to Seattle to celebrate the beginning of a new year in the shiny Emerald City.

Past and future make a perfect present

Museum recreates magic of master Japanese animator

Quietly gliding through the desert's dawn sky SCOTTSDALE, Arizona | In Scottsdale it's all about the sky. During 330 cloud-free, sun-drenched days a year, visitors lie face-up on poolside loungers enjoying the nearly-always reliable rays.

Feel her energetic welcome

It is well known as one of the most gruelling hikes in the entire Hawaiian islands. The almost 18-kilometre journey from Ke'e beach to Kalalau Valley traverses the northwest side of Kauai on a coastline known as the Na Pali Coast.

The horrific legacy of the first person convicted in the mass murder of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians has become one of this city's top tourist attractions. Kaing Guek Eav, a.k.a.