To the east of Bali lies an idyllic tropical
island that practices
sustainable tourism. Find out how
one tiny island in Indonesia is restoring its natural beauty while
benefitting from tourism. Full
Story
Prague -Getting A Bang Out Of New Years Eve
It's the snow that does it, bouncing the extraordinary New Year
fireworks off Prague’s white-capped buildings, parks and streets like
some huge movie-lot reflector. Full Story.
Hawaii -Weddings in Blue Hawaii
Who wouldn't think there would be too much interest in getting married
at a hotel that has been boarded-up and derelict for seventeen years,
but in Hawaii couples are lining up for just such an opportunity. Full Story.
France -Excitement, Romantce, Paris
From the narrow streets and smokey cafés of the Left
Bank to the treasures of the Louvre to the splendour of the
Eiffel Tower and omnipotent Notre Dame, Paris makes for a
seductive holiday any time of year. Full Story.
Tonga -Niuafo’ou
In his continuing search for the more
weird, whacky and wonderous in the world of travel, David Ellis says
the tiny South Pacific island of Niuafo’ou in Tonga is also known as
Tin Can Island. Full Story.
Spain - Spanish for Beginners
Need a relaxing change from snow-capped mountains, flowing streams and
splendid seascapes? Try the tranquil streets, quiet charm and early
nights of downtown Barcelona. Full Story.
Peru -Lima: The City of Kings
Nested on the banks of the Rio Rimac, Lima
was founded in 1535 by
the Spanish and is Peru's largest city. It is home to some eight
million people and though blanketed by fog for most of the
year,
the city is bathed in summer sunshine from December to February, when
everyone flocks to the beach. Full Story.
New Zealand - Charlotte Jane Boutique Hotel
Students of New Zealand’s one-time Miss
Gibson’s Private School for Girls would have trouble coming to grips
today with the new-found life of their old school. Full Story.
London - Shakespeare's Old Globe Theatre
Probably only a few ever ponder its history, one that’s as contorted as
anything the Bard himself could have penned – and he was certainly no
slouch when it came to matters of intrigue. Full
Story
America - Pet Airways
As David Ellis discovered, there are travellers who aren't satisfied
with the current level of pet travel in America. So much so that they
decided to start their own airline called Pet Airways! Strange but
true. Full Story.
China - Yangze River
Most hail it China’s greatest building job since the Great Wall was
started in the 7th century BC and took two-thousand years to
finish. while the Three Gorges Dam has so far taken just fifteen
years of hard yakka and has another two to go. Full
Story
Malaysia - Caving In Kuching
In the Malaysian province of Sarawak is a town called Kuching,
which is surrounded by limestone caves. But there's no lights nor
platforms here - it's pitch black and unchanged from the way it was
millions of years ago. Full Story.
America
- Brooklyn
When some mates lamented that they couldn’t get a decent pizza in
Manhattan, Tony Muia took them across the Brooklyn Bridge to his part
of New York City to show them the great family pizzerias. Full
Story
Arizona
- Bisbee
Bisbee, 130kms south-east of Tucson and 15km
north of the Mexico
border, was once one of America’s toughest Wild West mining towns,
sporting a couple of hundred saloons and brothels. Full Story.
London
- Around The World In 50-Days
With the already daunting task of being a
bridesmaide, following the
adventures of Barbara Haddrill as she makes her way from London to
sunny Brisbane Australia without catching a plane to help the
environment. Full
Story
San
Francisco - Alcatraz
Hollywood has a way of treating bygone
gangsters somewhat kindly – even
when not actually glorifying their antics, it seems to always want to
give them something of an ill-deserved glamour and
romance. Full Story.
Australia
- Queensland Gem Fields
With no other pubs within 50 kilometres in
any direction, Sparrow
decided that if he couldn’t drink at the Anakie Pub, no one could. So
the one-time miner got four sticks of gelignite and blew the front off
the Pub. Full
Story
Cruise
Ships - Queen Victoria
And on their way to Sydney on Queen Victoria
a fellow guest asked Helen
if she missed being at home. “Good Heavens no,” Helen replied. “I don’t
have to do the cooking or the washing up, and when we go back to our
cabin after breakfast our bed is made up and the room is
cleaned.” Full Story.
Africa
- Ready To Lure The Big Ones
Tim is not your average angler: when he
takes people fishing,
they come home talking about catching fish almost as big as a grown
man, and of total “bags” that at the end of the week can be measured
not just by the tens, but by the hundreds of kilograms. Full
Story
Antigua
- English Navy Lord's
Bizzarre Duel Personality
A rusting old anchor on a waterfront lawn at
English Harbour on the tiny island of Antigua in the Caribbean attracts
only mild attention from most visitors… Full
Story.
California -Knotts Berry Farm
Proclaiming itself as the "Nations First
Amusement Park", Knotts Berry Farm has something to offer every member
of the family, and is a must see
attraction when visiting the Southern California area. Full Story.
India -The Bourgeoning Silicon Valley
A week-long Golden Chariot Railway package from Adventure World costs
from just $3742, including onboard accommodation, meals and
comprehensive sightseeing daily. Full Story.
Canada- Hunting Down Canada's
Coolest Adventures
There is almost no mercury in the
thermometer at minus-26C in winter, and on Christmas Day there might be
five hours of sunshine – if there’s any of the stuff at all, because
most Christmases it’s snowing. Twenty-four hours. Full
Story
New
Zealand Travel Stories
Our roaming travel writers have written so
many descriptive stories on the Land of the Long White Cloud that we've
dedicated an entire area to the Commonwealth country. Herein you'll
find travel stories from both the North and South islands. Recent
articles: Orakei Korako; Napier; NZ Wind Farms.NZ Index.
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