Travel

life

Where Rome's Dead Tourists Hang Out

They have their own cemetery. Among too many visitors who've died young are poets Keats and Shelley.

By Steve Burgess, 14 Jul 2010

life

Postcard from Cup Crazy Europe

No telling who you'll sit next to at game time in a Paris restaurant or a Roman piazza.

By Steve Burgess, 9 Jul 2010

life

Unhand My Baguette!

It takes guts to sample the pride of Lyon's French foodies. And think before you grab.

By Steve Burgess, 30 Jun 2010

life

Global Warming Is Cooking Asia

In this parched part of the world, only tourists disbelieve humans are altering the climate.

By Peter ter Weeme, 11 Jun 2010

life

Look What They've Done with East Berlin

Now it's vibrant, young, crammed with edgy art and culture.

By Steve Burgess, 11 Jun 2010

books

Bicycle Reading, from Some Big Rollers

We asked the world's fastest cyclist and more BC velo-stars to share their favourite bike-related books and magazines.

By Megan Stewart, 4 Jun 2010

opinion

In Search of 'Communist' Vietnam

Notes from a quick, guided visit to Saigon, er, Ho Chi Minh City.

By Rafe Mair, 16 Mar 2010

news

Last Minute Affordable Lodging for Olympics? No Problem

You can still easily find accommodations to fit your price range via 'Home for the Games.'

By Amy Juschka, 4 Feb 2010

life

A Weekend in the Future

As Shanghai readies its massive urban green Expo, a visitor peers through the haze.

By Ian Gill, 3 Feb 2010

opinion

Vancouver Is Cascadia's Greenest City, Who Is Second?

Guess which takes the silver medal, Seattle or Portland? You might be surprised.

By Alan Durning, 7 Jan 2010

books

The Explorer Far From Home

Peter Steele of the Yukon has led a remarkable life chronicling fellow adventurers. Time for a memoir?

By Crawford Kilian, 9 Dec 2009

news

Dubai, a Broke and Morally Bankrupt Mirage

Yes, it has Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts and Gucci styles, but underneath is a dictatorship built by slaves.

By Johann Hari, 2 Dec 2009

life

On the Trail of the Yukon's Black Pioneers

A bit of sleuthing reveals a rich history of risk takers.

By Crawford Kilian, 18 Nov 2009

life

On a Misty Sea, a Dark Discovery

His kayak found bobbing with weird cargo, what happened to Richard Carl Mclean? A spooky true story.

By Chris Wood, 30 Oct 2009

life

'No Thanks, I'm Not a Sex Tourist'

And yet, how I ended up doing a bit of business with a Cambodian prostitute.

By Luke T. Johnson, 9 Oct 2009

life

In Praise of the Mancation

Every year we fill a coffin with beer and set forth into BC's wilderness.

By Nick Smith, 7 Jul 2009

books

Italians, Dark and Sunny

Tobias Jones got them right: corrupt, partisan, maddening... and bellissimo.

By Steve Burgess, 19 Jun 2009

life

My Roman Holiday

When there, I do my best to party as the Romans do.

By Steve Burgess, 5 Jun 2009

news

A Tyee Series

Rail Fix: Two Tracks to Langley

If BC is to join the new era of train travel, it must plan for passenger rail on a regional basis, and protect potential new rail corridors. Last of four.

By Monte Paulsen, 1 Jun 2009

news

A Tyee Series

The Myth of High-Speed Rail for BC

No key player -- not Obama, Harper, Campbell or Washington State -- is on board with high-speed rail to Vancouver. Part one of four.

By Monte Paulsen, 27 May 2009