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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. More details..
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.
A
Career in the Travel & Tourism Industry
With more than 200 million people worldwide
working within the
travel and tourism industry, there is a wide range of career paths to
choose from, some of which are desk jobs while others require
travelling. The career choices are many & varied. More details..
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.
