How to… give alms respectfully in Laos
Each morning in Laos, Buddhist monks receive alms from laypeople, traditionally rice. It’s a simple religious ceremony called the Tak Bat, says Brian Lingham, of Luang Prabang’s Buddhist Heritage Project, […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Rise of the regions: new hotels in rural Australia
Rural retreat hunters are spoilt with a swag of stylish new properties away from the bright lights. We take a look at Kimo Estate in rural NSW and Mt Mulligan […]
How to respect the Reef
Recently, I was up on Heron and Hamilton Islands on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which is constantly in the news for being beautiful, but also for dying. In my regular […]
What to expect when visiting Cairo Airport’s Terminal 2
Over the past decade, I’ve watched Cairo Airport change and grow – definitely for the better – from the raucous taxi chorus and decaying bathrooms of the old Terminal 1 […]
Six of the best beach clubs on Bali’s Bukit Peninsula
Bali’s Bukit Peninsula is a haven for some of the island’s best beach and pool clubs. We tested six of the best (look, someone’s got to do it) for your […]
How to do Abu Dhabi with kids
Play Batman, colour in, or get cool in the pool – Abu Dhabi ticks all the boxes for travelling with kids. I did a test-run with the 7-year-old in the […]
scUber dives into the Great Barrier Reef
It’s been a big week on the Great Barrier Reef, with the launch of the world’s first ridesharing submarine, appropriately named scUber. Uber has teamed up with a baby sub […]
Hilton Manila hotel review
Manila’s traffic is so bad a whole city of airport hotels has sprung up to service airline passengers coming into the city on their way to and from the Philippines’ […]
Perfect pitch at Port Fairy’s Drift House
A long weekend on Victoria’s Great Ocean Drive – it’s the stuff of nightmares. One of Australia’s most popular sightseeing drives, the drawcards are the 12 Apostles (but we all […]
How to pack – a guide
I love a good ‘how to pack’ story, I really do. I love those one-pagers in glossy magazines that have a shirt, hat, watch, book and other pieces of travel […]