Every man should have an island....

Mr. Hellowell how lucky you are!

Show me a better advert for the visiting the Falkland Islands....

More from the Falklands' Penguin News Deputy editor John Fowler...

Falkland Islands: Why we can't accept Cristina's 'kind' gesture...

Ahead of an upcoming visit to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana...

...I'm hoping to see some Giant otters whilst I'm out there but for my own and everyone else's immediate enjoyment of and education on these sociable and charismatic giants of the tropical South American waterways which are sadly under continued threat.....

...."Saving the world's biggest river otter"...

Falkland Islands: Penguin News: Seventh article by Deputy Editor John Fowler

One can only hope for a new realistic perspective.......

The years that count and those that don't

The sixth of a series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler.  John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.   The years that count and those that don't...

Guyanas, Guianas, so good they named them more than once

An interesting read about the Guianas....

The Loneliness of the Guyanas

A feel good story for a Tuesday morning....

Forgiveness and friendship and no more dwelling on the past......

Chile & Tanzania go stateside

The NY Times have published their 45 places to go in 2012, and Tanzania and Chile have taken up 3 places between them!!

Tanzania came in 7th, and was named as the up and coming safari destination, whereas 2 areas of Chile have been named. The wilderness of Chilean Patagonia came into 8th, and Chiloé Island ran in at 37.

With NZ and the Falklands hitting other travel lists, we can add two more of our destinations to the list of places in go in 2012...

No nepotism at all.....

.....involved in our continued appreciation of  John Fowler's thoughts and comments related to the ongoing manoeuvres by the Argentinian government against the Falkland Islands.  The John Fowler of these articles in the Falklands' Penguin News is the Deputy Editor of the newspaper, not my dad's cousin of the same name.  Just wanted to be clear.

Shout it loud enough and even the good guys believe it....

Even more Falklands....and a bit of New Zealand too...

....missed this last week but thanks to Twitter it wasn't missed for long....

The Falklands have made yet another '"Top Destinations for 2012" list, this time Travelbite's top 10.

Sadly no Guyana in the list this time but New Zealand did make an appearance.  I for one can vouch for a trip to Hobbiton (near the town of Matamata on NZ's North Island), the actual set where the filming took place for for the much awaited "The Hobbit" film and also for the earlier "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, big or small, it's brilliant, won't fail to raise a smile for even the most reluctant visitor and given the right weather conditions and time of day, it might even feel just a little bit magical.

More Falklands, but never enough....

In case you missed it, here's an article by UK journalist, travel writer and photographer Graeme Green about time he spent recently in the Falkland Islands, which appeared in The Independent's travel section last Saturday (17th Dec).

Falkland Islands: Far and wild in the Atlantic

Makes me envious and want to be there right now, but I'll have to be patient and just wait what will turn into 11 very short months I'm sure, until it's time to head off to start the commemorative yomp we're organising which will take place in the Falklands in November next year.  Can...not...wait!

More details about the yomp can be found here on our website......please sponsor us if you can.....

Elephant seal, just one of many you'll come across in the Falklands

Mount Tumbledown memorial, overlooking Stanley on East Falkland

When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? When I say so!!

Here's the third of John Fowler's series of extended political articles for the Falkland Islands' Penguin News.

His thoughts and comments are, of course, much more considered and thought-provoking than my flippant, non-helpful ones (ref. the title of this post).

Now how do we go about removing self-serving egotists from the world of (allegedly) democratically elected governments?

Penguin News, 05 December 2011: For old time's sake....


John's previous two articles in the series:

Penguin News, 22 November 2011: Oil might lubricate the process to real dialogue in the South Atlantic
Penguin News, 09 November 2011: The Falkland Islands in search of a voice by John Fowler

A further article from the Falkland Islands about the ongoing political aggravations they face

The second of a planned series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler

A sound article about ongoing political aggravations for the Falkland Islands

...by John Fowler,  Falklander and Deputy Editor of the Penguin News

Political aggravations yes, but the wider and economic consequences are no joke either...

The Falkland Islands in search of a voice.....

Zanzibar adventure

From The Guardian's online travel pages from Saturday.......

The full article can be seen here....

Travelbite: Parading the penguin highway in the Falklands

Travelbite shares some inspiring words from Suzanne Holiday about the Falkland Islands and what they have to offer as a holiday destination ....

King penguins, Falkland Islands

Real Travel magazine: More than Hakas in New Zealand

This month, to coincide with the Rugby World cup being held in New Zealand later this year, Real Travel magazine featured an example of the kind of tailor made itinerary that New Zealand In Depth specialises in putting together...

The Independent: 10 Top Royal Wedding Escapes

A little belated posting this.....must've slipped through the net in all the excitement of one or more of the following (take your pick, more than one is acceptable):

a. an extra bank holiday
b. two long weekends in a row
c. a three day working week
d. holidaying in South America and Chile
e. the royal wedding

Patagonia Camp, minutes from Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

TNT Magazine mini-profile

'Insider' Von in yesterday's travel section of TNT magazine........

Manchester Evening News article (October 2010)

Travel In Depth grows its destination portfolio
An independent online travel company specialising in wilderness adventures........