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Canada - Niagara on the Lake

If you’re heading to Niagara Falls do yourself a favour and have a few days at picturesque Niagara on the Lake and stay at the boutique Olde Angel Inn with its delightfully-named Captain’s, Sweethearts’ and Governor’s Rooms, or the Swayze and Courthouse Cottages. Full Story.

Lisbon - Portugal's Famous Tarts

Customers can queue for an hour or more if they want to take tarts and drinks at the patisserie with its yesteryear blue tile walls, but take-away service is quicker and if you see tour coaches outside, have a look at the Jeronimos Monastery nearby until the mobs have gone. Full Story.

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Langkawi - Mahsuri’s Mausoleum at Kampung Mawat

Many visitors to Langkawi pay a visit to Mahsuri’s Mausoleum at Kampung Mawat about 15km out of the main township of Pekan Kuah; it contains Mahsuri’s tomb, an aviary of local birds and peacocks representing peace and beauty, and a traditional house with a small museum. Full Story.

Across the Atlantic - Malaga in Spain to Madeira in Portugal

It's not for just a week, but a whole 12-nights as we swan our way from Malaga in Spain to Madeira in Portugal, and across the Atlantic to San Juan in the Caribbean. Full Story.

Across The Atlantic
Hobart Tasmania

Tasmania - Hobart

With brochures, including The Farm Gate Guide, Tasmania's Wine Routes, and the flyers for Cadbury's factory and Cascade Brewery I set off to explore Hobart, including Sullivan's Cove, Salamanca Market & Moorilla Estate and so much more.   Full Story.

Summer By The Seaside. Bellarine Peninsula

The Bellarine Peninsula offers plenty of modern attractions - a water park, surfing, sailing, diving, golfing, music festivals and fishing. Not to mention gourmet delights and swimming with dolphins. Full Story.

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Puerto Rico - Carmelite Convent : Part 2

Last week we looked at something of the history of the extraordinary Hotel El Convento in San Juan, Puerto Rico – how it began life as a Carmelite Convent a-near 360 years ago, declined into a flophouse for the homeless in the 1900s, now we continue...  Full Story.

Puerto Rico - Carmelite Convent

In this first of a two-part feature, David Ellis discovers a boutique hotel in Puerto Rico with a history as rich as any tale Hollywood could conceive out of the Caribbean; and next week he continues its remarkable journey from convent to flophouse to an extraordinary boutique hotel. Full Story.

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New Zealand - Walk in Tongariro National Park

The Tongariro National Park has many claims to fame. For a start, it's the location of one of New Zealand's nine Great Walks. It is also one of the 890 World Heritage Sites. Whether tramping the Mount Tongariro Northern Circuit or not, a visit to Tongariro National Park will almost certainly be anybodys cause for celebration. Full Story.

Pacific Islands - Fiji

Fiji is about four hours flying time from Sydney and is two hours off to the north of New Zealand. It has two main islands - Viti Levu and Vanua Levu - although there are more than 300 islands in the group. Full Story.

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Australia - Hunter Valley

If getting it right in real estate jargon means position, position, position, then it’s a safe bet that the Hunter Valley’s Holman Estate guest house is one place that's got it right. Full Story.

New Zealand - Trekking Lake Waikaremoana

The Lake Waikaremoana Track is located in the Te Urewera National Park on the North Island of NZ. It is located 614 metres above sea level and is 46 kilometres long. It is one of New Zealand's least tramped Great Walks. Full Story.

Lake Waikaremoana
The Heaphy Track

New Zealand - Trekking The Heaphy Track

Sitting on a huge drift-log on a very wide beach, I watched the incoming tide occasionally defeat the Heaphy River's narrow mouth, crashing into the outflow and sending waves rippling swiftly along the river for a hundred metres. In the background, spectacular, sonorous waves pounded and plumed over Heaphy Bluff.Full Story.

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

If you're heading to Phnom Penh, rent the movie first so you’ve a feel for the city with its proud but crumbling French architecture, and dusty hurly burly streets that have little changed from when the movie was shot eight years. Full Story.

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Egypt - Up & Down The River

The land of the Pharaohs needs no pointing out on a map; however the Egyptian government would do well to invest in street directories for the locust swarm of cabs in the streets of Cairo. Full Story.

Cairns - Kuranda Railway

Ask travel agents to book you on the 1.5hr trip up the rainforest mountain on the Kuranda Railway, and back down to Cairns on the Skyrail cableway when making Cairns holiday reservations – it’ll prove a day you’ll long remember. Full Story.

Cairns - Kuranda Railway
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Hawaii - Greenwell Farms Coffee

When Tom Greenwell talks about coffee, especially coffee from Hawaii’s Kona Coast, he does so with a passion — and an authority that comes from this fourth-generation grower of one of the world’s most valuable products. Full Story.

France - Excitement, Romantce, Paris

From the narrow streets and smokey caf�s 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.

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Spain

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.

Canada - Prince Of Wales Hotel

You’ll find the Prince of Wales Hotel a delightful retreat on a North America summer holiday, particularly if you are into long walks, canoeing, sailing, fishing and other myriad outdoor adventures – and good dining. Full Story.

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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 bathed in summer sunshine from December to February. Full Story.

Hawaii - The Honolulu Surfing Museum

For anyone with even the merest interest in surfing, it’s a must-visit when in Honolulu. Central is a vast collection of surfboards dating back to the 1930s. David Ellis has more. Full Story.

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New Zealand - Charlotte Jane Boutique Hotel

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.

Borneo - Rajang River

We explore remote “heart of Borneo” forts of the 19th century British Rajahs Brooke, fruit and vegetable farms, sago-making factories, village schools where the kids sing us songs and show us their favourite games, and go on jungle walks. Full Story.

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Malaysia - Caving in Kuching

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.

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.

Arizona - Bisbee
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Germany - The Best & Worst Of Berlin

KaDeWe is not usually included in Berlin sightseeing tours; you do it in your own time after the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Bellevue Palace, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church, City Hall and Boulevard Unter den Linden. Full Story

Australia - Alice Springs : The Ghan

The 2,979km journey takes 48 hours and is considered one of the world’s great train trips, linking Australia’s southern coast with its north; and today’s “new” line from Adelaide to Alice Springs runs about 160km west of the original, that was closed in 1980 due to regular flooding. Full Story.

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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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