March 30, 2003: Canari hits a high note in France

A tiny yellow train patrols the Pyrenees - and it's a little marvel

June 20, 2001: Towpath to a war poet

Tracing the steps of Robert Louis Stevenson, Michael de Larrabeiti finds rural peace -and Wilfred Owen's grave

March 7, 1999: Treasure Island in the South Seas

A hero's final resting place exerts an awesome pull - more so if it happens to be a South Sea island. Michael de Larrabeiti paid his respects to Robert Louis Stevenson

October 11, 1998: Going Loco in Mexico

The Copper Canyon Line links Mexico's cowboy heartland to some of the most dramatic scenery on earth. Michael de Larrabeiti climbs aboard

April 27, 1997: Greece's heart of stone

Michael de Larrabeiti does battle with the unforgiving terrain of Greece's Mani region and achieves a childhood desire to find Cape Matapan

November 6, 1994: Yangtze doodle

As he drifts slowly along on a luxury cruiser, Michael de Larrabeiti sketches a series of scenes drawn from life along China's greatest river

March 13, 1994: Long Goodbyes on Corsica

On the wild, empty roads of Corsica, Michael de Larrabeiti could never quite escape from Bonaparte, Boswell and his own hitchiking past.

November 21, 1993: Cuba's street culture

The buildings are crumbling and the motorway empty, but the Cubans still rock to the rumba and revere their troubadours

June 13, 1993: A labour of love in France

Michael de Larrabeiti rekindles his affection for the Morvan region of Burgundy on a visit to the village where he worked as grocer's boy to the bad-tempered M Foulet

December 29, 1991: Brief encounter on the Trans-Siberian Express

Michael de Larrabeiti sets off on the classic train journey after a very close shave in Moscow