The hidden jewels of Sri Lanka
Ambassador House, Galle Elegant villas dot Sri Lanka’s jungle and coast. Petite and chic, the true gem of Sri Lanka is its rising wave of beautiful boutique hotels and villas […]
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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!
Sheraton Kuta Bali review: Calm amid the chaos
Child’s play: the hotel’s infinity pool at sunset. Kuta is known for its traffic, its touts and its tattoos, but as Belinda Jackson finds, there are pockets where families can […]
Traveller: Takeoff travel news August 10, 2014
Zafara tented camp, Botswana LANDSCAPE Delta’s new dawn Botswana’s Okavango Delta, a chain of lagoons and floodplains in the Kalahari Desert, has been named UNESCO’s 1000th World Heritage Site. From […]
Traveller: Takeoff travel news August 3, 2014
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Traveller: Takeoff travel news July 27, 2014
Budapest AIRLINES:Budapest bound In the aviation world, you’re nobody if you don’t have an Airbus or 50. The Dubai-based Emirates airline has just received its 50th A380, cementing its position […]
Traveller: Takeoff travel news 20 July 2014
AIRLINE: Fresh bite of the Big Apple Our passionate affair with New York gets extra oomph when China Southern Airlines starts flying to the Big Apple via Guangzhou, in southern […]
Neutral territory: hotel review of Alto on Bourke, Melbourne
One of the city’s boutique hotels is staking its claim as one of Australia’s greenest hotels, writes Belinda Jackson. When I slip into the conversation that I’m staying in Melbourne’s […]
Macaron madness: a food photography taster
The Mr Darcy of macarons: black sesame and blackberry fill. Photo: Belinda Jackson. ‘Light, in abundance,’ was the motto today, thanks to top editorial photographer Ewen Bell. I’m not quite […]
Travel deals: Indonesia’s Gili islands
Flying to Fiji’s Mamanucas with the kids. Those looking beyond Bali into the rest of Indonesia’s archipelago are finding themselves in the Gili Islands off the coast of Lombok, a […]
Fifty things we love about travel right now
The Sydney Morning Herald recently asked travel writers to share what we love about travel right now, from fabulous destinations to new technology (and vintage caravans, as per the photo). […]