The Travel Pages

The Travel Pages is an informative and inspirational travel website where we share stories and photographs of the fascinating people and places we’ve come across on our travels. We highlight activities we’ve loved and attractions that have impressed us. And we give honest reviews of our top places to stay, eat and drink.

Red Stripes in Jamaica

The Travel Pages goes to Jamaica and visits Jake’s Hotel in Treasure Beach on the south coast and the eco-friendly boutique Mockingbird Hill Hotel in Port Antonio on the island’s north coast.

The Beauty of Guatemala

The Travel Pages takes a journey through Guatemala on its chicken buses, making stops in Quezaltenango, Chichicastenango, Panajachal and Lake Atitlan.

Eiffel tower at night and a bicycle in front of it in Paris

Paris by Night… by Bike

The Travel Pages takes a night-time tour of Paris by bike and visits the Place des Vosges, Pompidou Centre, the Louvre, Notre-Dame and other city highlights.

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Sherry’s Golden Triangle

The Travel Pages visits the Golden Triangle of sherry in Andalucia, southern Spain, visiting sherry bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa Mariá and Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Snakes Alive in Yangshuo

Visiting Yangshuo in China and sampling one of the local delicacies: snake.

A black taxi outside City Hall in Belfast on a Taxi through the Troubles tour

Taxi through the Troubles in Belfast

A tour in a black taxi cab in Belfast is an informative and all-too-real way to learn about the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Jamaican flag in the shape of a butterfly, or a butterfly designed like the Jamaican flag

The Caijan Rastaman

Mike Gerrard meets the Caijan Rastaman. John Deer, and visits his museum near Treasure Beach on the south coast of Jamaica.

Birthplace of the Blues

Mike Gerrard visits Dockery Farms off Highway 61 in Mississippi which BB King described as the birthplace of the blues.

Props from A Time to Kill in the Movie Museum in Canton, Mississippi

Seeing Stars in Mississippi

Mike Gerrard takes a tour of movie locations in Mississippi, and in Clarksdale meets a real live movie star.

Tucked Up in Tuk-Tuk

Visiting Tuk-Tuk on Samosir Island in the middle of Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia.

The Levadas of Madeira

Hiking the occasionally hair-raising footpaths alongside the Levadas of Madeira

Morocco Bound

Mike Gerrard visits Morocco, going to Marrakech and into the Atlas Mountains for some hiking, then to the desert for a camel ride in a sandstorm.

Opening the Atlas

Mike Gerrard visits the village of Aremd in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and discovers what impact tourism can have on the villagers’ way of life.

On the Tunisian Frontier

Mike Gerrard visits a part of Tunisia that few tourists see, though more should, near the Tunisian border with Algeria.

A guest bedroom at the Dalt Murada, a historic city centre hotel in Palma, Mallorca, Spain

Historic Palma Hotel

The Travel Pages reviews the Dalt Murada, a historic hotel in the city centre of Palma, Mallorca in Spain

The Spirit of Sinai

Mike Gerrard experiences camel-trekking with Bedouin guides in Egypt’s Sinai Desert.

Sign saying Merida in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Magic in Merida

Mike Gerrard visits Merida, the capital of Mexico’s state of Yucatan, and visits the museums and restaurants and discovers a little magic.

Charn Brown walking guide in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Just a Smile in Jamaica

A visit to two eco-friendly hotels on Jamaica, with some mountain hiking, birdwatching and river-rafting included.

Mokkadem, a taxi driver in Tunis, Tunisia

Tunisia by Taxi

Mike Gerrard hires a private taxi for a day trip around Tunis and Cape Bon in Tunisia

Visiting Lyon

Lyon’s delights include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the chocolate-maker Bernachon, bouchons, and the Croix-Rousse silk weaver district.

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