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Valletta, Malta
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Malta lies in an historically significant strategic position in the Mediterranean. Squeezed between Sicily and Africa, control of Malta was critical for trouble-free trading, plundering, and warring.
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Old Bodrum, Turkey
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Bodrum, Turkey, is a popular resort town for sun-deprived Europeans, but isn’t just hotels, souvenir shops, nightclubs and STIs. The place has a long history, and some interesting sites to check out.
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Topkapi Palace, Turkey
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The architecture of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace is impressive to say the least, with buildings being added over the centuries as successive Sultans tried to out-magnificent each other
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The Wreck of the Gairloch, New Zealand
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‘Near hidden reefs we appear in the gloom, luring mariners to their doom…’ Although New Zealand is a relatively small country, what it lacks in area it certainly makes up for in coastline. Aotearoa has an impressive 15,000km of coast, much of which is wild and rugged. The early European mariners visiting the islands were…