Celestyal Cruise of the Mediterranean
Our cruise ship was travelling through history: past, present and – if only we’d realised – world-shattering events about to unfold. The good ship Celestyal Crystal docked at the Turkish…
Gill Martin
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Gill Martin is an award winning travel writer and former Fleet Street journalist – Daily Mail reporter, Daily Express feature writer and Sunday Mirror Woman's Editor.
She is a freelance writer for national newspapers from the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph to tabloids, magazines, regional newspapers and websites.
After a six month career break after the Indian Ocean tsunami where she volunteered as a communications consultant in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for Plan, the children's charity, she is now focused on travel.
From skiing everywhere from Kashmir to Argentina, Morocco to Turkey, North America and all over Europe; snow shoeing in Canada; captain of the GB team of the Ski Club of International Journalists; whitewater rafting down the Zambezi; electric mountain biking in Switzerland and cycling in Portugal; Kenyan and South African safaris; riding elephants in India and horses in Brazil; paint balling in Romania; opera and archeology in Serbia; Caribbean snorkelling; sampling food and wine in Italy.
Discovering The Grand Canyon
Americans say awesome a lot. Order a skinny white from Starbucks (I don’t as I’m on a one-woman protest against their tax policy) and the barista will enthuse ‘awesome’ when…
The Buzz Of The Slopes At Baqueira Beret
The rain in Spain may stay mainly on the plain. But the snow certainly falls on its magnificent mountains. This will prove a welcome surprise to skiers and boarders whose…
Discover Myanmar On The Road To Mandalay
The landslide victory of the charismatic Aung San Suu Kyi over the military-backed ruling party in Burma’s November elections signals a chance for change and a boost to her tourism…
From Ski To Sea In Granada
From salopettes to sarong, from balaclava to Bermuda shorts, snow boots to sandals – you have to be a master of packing when you take a ski holiday in Sierra…
Discovering The Secrets Of Jungfrau
We climb aboard the spick and span carriage of the little cogwheel Jungfrau train for a trip to the top of Europe – and discover the ghosts of the men…
Photo Perfect Kenya
The row over Cecil the lion, slain by an American dentist with a passion for killing beautiful beasts, rumbles on. If he’d joined our super safari to Kenya he would…
Babymoon At The Milestone
What singles out the Milestone Hotel from a clutch of other five star luxury London hotels is the staff. Two to one ratio is good, but what really stands out…
Ancient Treasures Of An Ancient Land: Egypt
The alarm rang out: ‘Pirates at 2 o’clock!’ We were under attack as our ship M/S River Tosca made her stately progress down the Nile. Of all the hazards flagged…
Gourmet Delights In The Dolomites
On safari with a difference we bagged the Big Five. No tigers or lions to be seen – just a massive mechanical snow cat. Instead of tracking the Big Five…