Cruising on all continents: travel deals March 17 2013
Silver Spirit in Santorini, Greece. Cruise, baby, cruise. Get in quick to snap up a travel deal on the high seas. CHINA Cruise China’s Yangtze River on the 14-day Yangtze […]
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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!
Find the romance of Persia or follow the Great Migration: travel deals 10 March 2013
Ancient cities, warm hospitality, wild landscapes: the romance of Persia is calling. Closer to home, get fabulous in northern NSW or Thailand, or follow the Great Migration across the Serengeti […]
Colomboscope to get the town talking
Galle Rd & the Indian Ocean, Colombo. If you’re in Colombo next weekend, pencil in a few events from Colomboscope, an arts festival curated by Sri Lankan author Ashok Ferrey. If I […]
Loving Mungo and Malaysia: travel deals 3 March 2013
Tiptoe through the tulips, snap up a bargain stay in Malaysia or go mad for Mungo in our own wilderness, at the edge of the Outback. (Ok, so this column […]
Going floral like a kid in a Kandy shop
The crush at the Temple of the Relic of the Tooth, Kandy I read a travel decorating piece a few years ago that gave tips on how to make your […]
Travelling, Sri Lanka style: Hatton’s tea plantations
Last night, we stayed in an old tea mansion in Hatton, high amongst Sri Lanka’s verdant tea plantations. The hills roll and tumble, every inch covered in short, green tea […]
Colombo via Rum Jungle and Connemara
Flying from Melbourne to Colombo via Kuala Lumpur, the tv map on the aircraft wall has thrown up some gems – it’s listing Arthur’s Seat (a beauty spot on the […]
Sri Lanka a-go. Going… going…
Just putting together the final touches on the moving carnival that is now en route to Sri Lanka, arriving at 23.59 this evening. Precisely. Thanks to my globe-trotting friends, I […]
See Tokyo in style and go warp-drive in Sri Lanka: travel deals 10 February 2013
Click on for Mark Jensen’s bbq octopus recipe, Noosa Food & Wine, Qld. Beautiful people eating beautiful food: it’s Noosa in a nutshell come this May. Otherwise, Tokyo in style […]
Places in the heart: Anthony Field
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is ”chill city” for Anthony Field, aka the Blue Wiggle, who says visiting the red heart of the Northern Territory is like going on a retreat. […]