Travel

Central American protected zone first of its kind

The auto-piste was wide and immaculately kept. At frequent intervals, emergency telephones were installed at the roadside for use in the event of a breakdown. Tollbooths were plenty.

You have a choice Bunat told us as our van pulled into a busy local market at the base of Phnom Bakheng. “You can either hire an elephant or walk.

By Jack Christie Care for a touch of adventure, B.C.-style? Then come stand in a place that time forgot. Or at least overlooked. Welcome to the Brooks Peninsula.

Somewhere over the Mekong Delta we crossed from Vietnamese into Cambodian airspace. It’s only a 40-minute flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh but it spans one of the most historically volatile regions in all of Southeast Asia.

The narrow alley ended abruptly and unexpectedly, our route thwarted again by yet another quiet waterway.

Behind a pair of sassy, dark shades, a perfectly coiffed blond expertly manoeuvres her beige Rolls Royce around a carelessly parked Ferrari glinting in the afternoon sunshine.

Our group crouched in a collective huddle on the exposed, snowy plateau.

Highway 132 runs through Lower Canada’s history Highway 132 hugs the eastern shore of the St. Lawrence River, from Quebec City to the Gaspé Peninsula.

The twisting mountain roads of Andalusia are a thread through history Our car inches back slowly. Outside, robust, local women shout excitedly in animated Spanish, arms gesturing wildly. Their foreign cries are unintelligible to us.