Sake & Snow: An Igloo Festival in Japan
Kamakura. It’s one of those words I’d never heard of until I went to Yokote in northern Japan. Snow was falling as I arrived… Read the full feature here. Published in Desert Leaf, 2012
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Darwin, Australia
Next week, Abigail King will be travelling to Darwin, Australia. She’ll be exploring the arts, cultures, natural flora and food of the region. She’ll also be visiting Crocosaurus Cove, Darwin’s Wave Lagoon and attend the Darwin Beer Can Regatta. Please contact for freelance assignments Photo Credit: Cailin ONeil from TravelYourself.ca
Feature: Racing Against the Sands of Time in Namibia
55 million years have passed, but the world’s oldest desert is still home to massive sand dunes, roaming wildlife and clusters of dead trees. Published 2012 Read the full feature here.
Shooting the Breeze in the Florida Keys – Cover Feature
A week long itinerary for driving through the Florida Keys. Published in Monarch Explorer in 2012. Read the article here.
Italy
Travel Through Italy Cumbria is a wild, wet and wellie-wearing region in the north of England, whose damp hedgerows and fields of daffodils fired the literary imagination of Wordsworth several times over. Umbria, on the other hand, is a fragrant, olive-soaked region in central Italy, whose soft pink stone apparently fired the …
Poland
Travel Through Poland “Are you ready?” asks Christopher, a guide from the nearby village of Wieliczka. He’s cloaked in a long charcoal jacket and blowing on his hands to keep warm. For a giant-sized man, he uses a soft voice. “Because once we start, I will not be able to …
Australia
Travel Through Australia I’ve arrived in Sydney, a little dazed, a little confused. Apparently that’s jetlag and it’s something to do with circadian rhythms, cortisol surges and melatonin…although right now I can’t quite remember my name and could easily believe that jetlag’s caused by blue-edged tomatoes and overripe watermelon and …
Costa Brava: The Creative Side of Spain
National Geographic Traveler – Best of the World for 2012 The painted boats that bob in yellow, crimson and white could belong to any rugged Mediterranean coast. The polar bear that guards them, however, means only one thing: Salvador Dalí’s home in Costa Brava. Find the article by Abigail King …
Jordan
Travel Through Jordan Life’s been high on adventure lately, if low on sleep. Usually, I manage to find something beautiful, something that moves me wherever I go. But last night, in Petra, that didn’t happen. Read more about my time in Jordan here. Jordan Abigail King recently returned from a …
Shortlisted for a British Travel Press Award
Today I learned that my travel blog, Inside the Travel Lab, has been shortlisted for a British Travel Press Award. Considering that the email I opened just before that turned out to be a tax reminder, this seemed like particularly good news…