Wildlife spotting in Sabah on an Orion Expedition, testing out Relais and Chateaux’s luxury lodges in New Zealand, exploring Bangkok’s off the beaten track floating markets, trundling through Northern Thailand on Orient Express’ sumptuous Eastern & Oriental train, hiking to hill tribe villages in Sapa, cruising Halong Bay, and eating our way around Hanoi, are … Read more about An Update from the Road – from Australia to Asia
Australia has become a very expensive destination for foreign travellers who aren’t earning the high incomes that Aussies are currently earning. Hotels, flights, public transport, restaurant meals, and entry fees are all considerably more expensive in Australian capitals like Melbourne, Sydney and Perth than they are in cities traditionally considered high-cost destinations like London, New … Read more about Are You Ever Too Old For…Youth Hostels?
As I don’t have time to blog at the moment (read why here), feel free to check out our latest writing in print and online. This month in J Mag, Jazeera Airways’ in-flight magazine, you can read about walking tours with shepherds, learning to make traditional bread with a village baker, and some of the … Read more about Our latest travel writing: in print and online
Hectic times with no time for blogging at the moment, so why don’t you head over to Viator and take a look at our piece 3 Days at Uluru, on Australia’s star attraction and one of our favorite spots in the country. Have you been to Uluru? If so, what did you think? I went … Read more about 3 days at Uluru
What are the developed world’s worst city airports? And what makes an airport bad for you? I’m convinced Melbourne and Perth’s airports must be somewhere on a worst airport list. Due to bad plane and bus connections, I spent a fair bit of time at both of these Australian airports this past week, and it … Read more about The developed world’s worst city airports?