When winter winds howl, the perfect island vacation with blissful days and nights in a pleasant temperature climate can be an invigorating boost for body and soul.
Crossing the North Atlantic in six hours by air is contrasted with crossing in five to ten days by ship. Ship wins.
Palm beach at Preveli - so unknown like from the movie "The Beach".
Travel can be splendid. Exhilrating.
In November 2006 I have attended a work meeting on a boat on the Baltic Sea: cold, short days, always in a hurry. But wonderful colours!
If you're looking for something more luxurious than the usual rust buckets offered for cheap cruises, than a cruise on a traditional Turkish wooden gullet is probably the best option.
. a paradise with hammocks, palm trees and a blue hypnotic sky, surrounded by a blue-greenish sea .
Plagued by decades of war, the tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon continues to surprise and survive, finding its own way in the turbulent Middle-Eastern region and 21st-century.