Inspiring Travel Writing from Arnie Wilson: Page 2 of 5
Articles by Arnie Wilson: Page 2 of 5
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One Heli of a Day: Heli-skiing in British Columbia
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Arnie Wilson
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Canada
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British Columbia
Like a flying grain thresher, our Bell 205 rattles its way high above British Columbia's magnificent Selkirk range, heading for Ghost Peak. At the controls, wearing a baseball hat and a magnificent Hors La Loi leather jacket, is the bearded Chris...
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Arnie Wilson’s five favourite hotels
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Arnie Wilson
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Malta
Xara Palace Hotel, Malta Eating al fresco on the bastions of Malta’s ancient capital is the nightly highlight of one’s stay at the Xara Palace Hotel – once a crumbling 17th century palazzo - in the shadow of the baroque cathedral...
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Skiing Mad River Glen
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Arnie Wilson
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United States
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Vermont
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Waitsfield
There’s a view of Mad River Glen from outer space on its website, but as I drove through Waitsfield, Vermont, there were no signs that I could see pointing to Mad River Glen on the ground. “You may never see one” I was told dryly when I finally...
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Madagascar
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Arnie Wilson
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Madagascar
As I strolled beneath a Jacaranda tree in glorious purple bloom, the big battered Mitsubishi bus mounted the pavement and headed straight for me. Was I about to beome one of Madacascar’s many threatened species, squashed with as little dignity...
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Round the World in Twelve Days
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Arnie Wilson
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Indonesia
A rainy Monday. Torrential, in fact. Depressing? Or inspirational? It depends where you are. In our case, if it was Monday, it must have been Indonesia - Day 10 in our round-the-world-in-12-days “Great Escapade” odyssey. And, from our...
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One Star Too Many?
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Arnie Wilson
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Switzerland
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Swiss Alps
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St Moritz
As I got up from the breakfast-table in the vast, chandelier-dotted dining room at St Moritz’s most distinguished hotel to collect my soft-boiled Swiss egg, my napkin slipped towards the thick red carpet. Quick as a flash, Battista, my...
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Antigua and Barbuda: The Naked Truth
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Arnie Wilson
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Antigua & Barbuda
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Antigua
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Antigua
They say there are 365 beaches in Antigua. It's a neat bit of arithmetic - one beach for each day of the year - but has anyone actually counted them? Either way, we did quite well at the Hawksbill Beach Resort which claims four of them, including...
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Ski Quebec
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Arnie Wilson
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Canada
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Quebec
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Quebec City
The usual welcome one tends to get when arriving in North American ski resorts is: “You guys should have been here last week – the snow was perfect!” So it made a change when we reached the delightful little Québecois waterfront village of Baie-...
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Baqueira Beret
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Arnie Wilson
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Baqueira-Lleida
As a group of royal bodyguards skied nonchalantly past us (though sadly there was no king to be seen), Jordi Cuadrat, my guide, pointed to the high mountain bowls around Marimanha and said: "There are a lot of flakes up there!” This was...
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Ski Utah
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Arnie Wilson
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United States
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Utah
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Salt Lake City
There is a card by my bed on the 27th floor of Salt Lake City’s only AAA five-diamond hotel, the Grand America. (I don’t need to draw the curtains or wear clothes – at this height no-one can see me). It is briefing me about the weather tomorrow (...
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