Fellow parents can share in the challenges of travelling with young children - the exponential amount of luggage you have to pack, changes in your little one's daily routine, getting used to a new environment, battling jet lag, to name a few. A new one we recently added to the mix was travelling to high altitude. Our friends were visiting from Singapore and it was on their list to travel to northern Chile to see the stars. The Atacama Desert, thanks to its altitude and the lack of humidity in...

Our foray into Antarctica with Silversea's Silver Endeavour was a trip about letting go, and experiencing Mother Nature's raw power.

Bhutan is the last intact Himalayan Buddhist kingdom in the world. Imagine a country the size of Switzerland without any traffic lights, one lone cinema where only locally produced films are screened and I believe the escalator count is still one. The Land of the Thunder Dragon in this modern age is still a place where the strength of its national identity is so obvious. The landscape is dotted with imposing forts and monasteries built in the 17th century, as well as traditional farmhouses...