Cruising the Canadian Arctic and Greenland by Ian Collier
In 2005, I was fortunate to join an expedition cruise aboard the Akademik Ioffe from Churchill in Manitoba for 12 days, through Hudson Bay and across the Davis Strait to the fabled ‘iceberg’ alley of Illulisat in Western Greenland. It remains one of my most treasured travelling experiences, starting even… Learn more
Taking the kids to Fiji by Ian Collier
I’ve been fortunate to have had some memorable adventures – kayaking in Greenland, tramping for 3 weeks across Ladakh in the Indian Himalaya and experiencing Zero-Gravity in a Russian cargo plane chief among them; but nothing can prepare you for the much more complicated and daunting adventure of taking 2… Learn more
Japan by Train at 270km/h by Ian Collier
It’s difficult to recall many details of the Japanese countryside from my recent trip, as it mostly hurtled past at 270km/h while I reclined in air-conditioned comfort. I’ve always loved travelling by train, but these are so futuristic they look like they’ve been dropped onto the tracks from a Hollywood… Learn more
Stopping off in Ushuaia by Ian Collier
It’s not every day that you can claim to be standing at the End of the Earth (“El Fin del Mundo”) – but I love it so much I’ve now been there four times – each time passing through for a night en-route to my favourite destination – Antarctica! It’s… Learn more
Sentosa Island, Singapore for families by Ian Collier
Singapore’s been a very popular stopover destination for Cantabrians for many years, with the daily Singapore Airlines flight from Christchurch connecting us to Europe via the magnificent Changi Airport; which has to be one of the few large world airports you don’t actually mind spending time in! However not many… Learn more
Discovering Antarctica by Ian Collier
In 1998, I was fortunate to visit Antarctica for myself. It was my seventh (and final) continent, but that was soon forgotten as I quickly fell under the spell of the ‘Ice’, and the experience left me changed forever! Over the last ten years I’ve been back several times, and… Learn more
Walking the Chilean Lakes by Ian Collier
Chile is one of my favourite countries in South America – I’ve travelled the length of this “long thin” country from Punta Arenas at the Southernmost tip in Patagonia to the far northern town of Arica in the Atacama desert. I’ve always enjoyed their great culture of outdoor living, the… Learn more
