Inspiring Travel Writing from James Henderson: Page 3 of 7
Articles by James Henderson: Page 3 of 7
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Alpine Grass Torture
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James Henderson
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Austria
A roll in the hay might be known for having all sorts of general therapeutic benefits, but in Austria they have managed to turn it into a medical speciality. There they take hay baths, using the grass from the high Alpine meadows in the treatment of...
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But I wanted to tickle Freddie too…
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James Henderson
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Cayman Islands
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Little Cayman
It sounds like a dubious idea, a scandalous one even, coming from an adult, but there’s an innocent explanation, I promise. I was diving in the Mixing Bowl off Little Cayman, reputedly the finest wall diving in the Caribbean, even in the world...
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The Utah Desert
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James Henderson
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United States
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Utah
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Canyonlands
A friend once put to me that the only significant thing in travel was the human contact. Travelling was about changing the perspective and only human interaction could do that. A town was a shell if it wasn't illuminated by people. It seemed a bit...
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Via Ferrata in the Rosengarten
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James Henderson
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Italy
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Dolomites
The Rosengarten is a range of ragged limestone peaks that stands nearly 10,000 feet tall, as magnificent as any in the Dolomites. Like all the Dolomite ranges it is famed for its lustrous pink glow in the long light of dawn and dusk. It is this...
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The Dolomites
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James Henderson
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Italy
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Dolomites
For someone who has always been a fan of high alpine meadows - their lushness, their gemutlichkeit, and of course childhood memories of Julie Andrews turning circle in a dirndl - it seemed a cruel irony to be dragged from sleep by a cowbell. It...
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Beach Bars in the British Virgin Islands
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James Henderson
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British Virgin Islands
“So, when are you next off to the Caribbean then, James?” I was asked the other day.“Not sure, but it’ll be around the time of the full moon,” I said, without thinking.It was only when I got a rather curious look that it occurred to me that I might...
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The US Virgin Islands
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James Henderson
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US Virgin Islands
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St Thomas Region
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St Thomas
A good dinner on a veranda is one of the Caribbean’s great pleasures; the warm night air and a view through palm trees to the beach and sea is probably the classic setting. Not this time, though. In Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas I found myself...
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St Eustatius - The Golden Rock
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James Henderson
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St Eustatius
The waves of fortune wash all too unpredictably on the shores of the Caribbean islands. Suddenly an island will benefit from great prosperity and there will be development and an influx of settlers. In a few years an island can change out of all...
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Saxony
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James Henderson
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Germany
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Saxony-Anhalt
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Dresden
Quite a lot of jokes were made about Christo the Bulgarian wrap-up artist in eastern Germany in the years after unification. Throughout Saxony you see town squares half-shrouded in scaffolding and plastic sheeting. ‘As you can see, he didn't only go...
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Luxury Marrakesh
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James Henderson
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
In the traveller’s equation that balances reliable winter sun, easy accessibilty and an exotic destination, it is surely Morocco that comes out on top. Within Morocco, it is Marrakesh that has built the most sympathetic following among foreign...
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