See the grandeur and splendour of Interlaken from the perspecive of a goldern eagle as you ride high in the warm air currents of the Swiss Alps. This place is not for the light hearted or the weak kneed but for those who love the adrenaline rush of white water kayaking, paragliding and mountain tracking by foot or bike.Full Story.
New Zealand -Lodge A Dare With NZ's Mountain Man
The rugged high country of New Zealand's Southern Alps is no place for
lightweights. The weather can be ferocious: windy and icy cold in
winter, and baking hot in summer. Full
Story
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 though blanketed by fog for most of the year,
the city is bathed in summer sunshine from December to February, when
everyone flocks to the beach. Full Story.
Australia -The Kimberley
"The Gwion Gwion people of Australia’s Kimberley are long
gone, but their art remains in abundance, decorating sheltered rock
caves and overhangs, lookouts and frescos throughout an area twice the
size of Victoria," writes a mesmerised Rod Eime who steps back 20,000
years. Full
Story
Cambodia -Green Day Clean Up Initiative
While the phrase 'eco-tourism' may be an oxymoron - tourists
generally harm not hinder pristine environments no matter how careful -
there is a growing movement within Indochina in countries such
as Cambodia and Vietnam to demonstrate ways that tourism can grow
without endangering the local environment. Full Story.
Vanuatu -Stamp Of Approval
The Postal authorities in Vanuatu are an inventive lot, and maybe
amongst the world’s most imaginary. In an era in which many a little
country makes a cosy income from
selling colourful and odd-shaped postage stamps to collectors, Vanuatu
goes one step further. Full
Story
France -Strasbourg's Silent Sunday Sunrise
The extraordinarily beautiful medieval architecture – almost eerie at
this early hour with the streets wonderfully sans-people – literally
takes our breath away. David Ellis goes on a journey like no other! Full Story.
Australia -Sydney Tower
There is absolutely no chance of you falling off – and at one point if
you wish, you can choose to stand on a section of reinforced glass
flooring and look down between your feet to the cobweb of cables that
hold the tower together, and the streets below them… something perhaps
not for the feint-hearted. Full
Story
Australia -Sydney Wine Tours
After lunch there’s a visit to the historic colonial town of Berrima
and its famous galleries, antique and curio shops, then Blue Metal
Vineyard for a wine and Southern Highlands gourmet cheese tasting –
cooler boxes are carried on coaches for guests to bring back cheeses or
other gourmet food purchase. Full Story.
Canada -Rocky Mountains
Amid the craggy snow-capped peaks that tower into the skies, is the
fabled Lake Louise, and next to it and beside a massive glacier, is the
very indulgent Fairmont Chateau Resort: it doesn’t come cheap, but even
if you're staying elsewhere its well worth visiting the hotel. Full
Story
Australia -Tasmania's Mountt Lyell Railway
It was March 1897, and today there is every chance that even with 21st
century technology no company would be foolhardy enough to even
contemplate a railway like that of the Mount Lyell Mining Company. Full Story.
Caribbean -Mayreau
Mayreau is peopled by just 300 of some of the Caribbean's friendliest
and most extraordinarily polite souls who live in a hillside village
that's simply called The Village. Full
Story
Australia -Loch Ard Gorge & Flagstaff Hill
The story of Tom and Eva is told nightly in Shipwrecked,
a sound and laser show at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village at
Warrnambool, near western Victoria's world-famous Shipwreck Coast, a
disaster zone that since European settlement has claimed an astonishing
700-something vessels. Full Story.
Europe -Around the
World with Cunard
Such
is the allure of adventure and exploration that today, nearly five
hundred years later, the thrill of a journey around the world by sea is
just as intoxicating and exciting as it was then. The great ocean
voyages are the ones that have defined us as a race and a species. Full Story.
Australia -Luna Park
Sydney
With
some of the best views of the Sydney Harbour, Luna Park Sydney
not
only offers great panoramic vistas but also some of the coolest theme
park rides in Australia. As Richard Moore discovered, it's also an
historical landmark which opened its gates on the 4th of
October, 1935. Full Story.
Hong
Kong -Asia's Famous Island City
Nestled
between the water and the hills, the city of Hong Kong and surrounding
areas of Kowloon have played a huge part in Asia's history, economy,
and culture. Rod Eime took in the sights, sounds and smells of the
former British colony and discovered a bright and brassy city with a
long and colourful history. Full
Story
Brazil -The National Drink...
Cachaca is big business in Brazil. Annual production of the stuff is
around 2-billion litres bottled under some 5000 different brands... that’s 11-litres
(around 3.5-gallons) every year for every man, woman and child in the
country.. 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.
Caribbean -Tortola Islands
It's best known for St. Stephan's Cathedral,
the Sch�nbrunn Castle,
it's Boys Choir - but
David Ellis discovers there's another side to Vienna: it's the only
capital city in the world with a thriving commercial wine industry
within its city limits. Full
Story.
Victoria
-Mount Hotham
The one time highly criticized mountain has been busy for the best part
of a two decades now, investing money into infrastructure and
developments to help make the Mount Hotham experience like no other. Full Story.
Austria
-A Vintage Tale From The Vienna
Woods
It's best known for St. Stephan's Cathedral,
the Sch�nbrunn Castle,
it's Boys Choir - but
David Ellis discovers there's another side to Vienna: it's the only
capital city in the world with a thriving commercial wine industry
within its city limits. Full
Story.
Alaska
-The Inside Passage
"Alaskan Inside Passage cruises are
overwhelmingly popular, easy on the motion-sensitive tummy, and
overflowing with magnificent scenery and fun shore excursions," writes
Rod Eime, "But the
big ship experience barely scratches the surface of the wondrous nature
and wilderness possibilities hidden away." Full Story.
India -A Family Affair
In
search of her Indian roots, Sandhya Sharma treks to Kedarnath and finds
God in a spa! Come with us on a journey of self healing... and self
discovery. Full
Story.
North
America -Catalina Island
Catalina
Island, or Santa Catalina, is located a short boat ride from Los
Angeles in California and is unique in many ways. As well its
biodiversity, Catalina Island has the world'sonly casino that outlaws
gambling. Only in America... Full Story.
Australia -Gold Coast : Extreme Jet Boat
In
the first of several articles chronicling the "Top 10 Things To Do In
Queensland : Couples Special", we take a trip to the lush Gold Coast
where we inject the raw power of some seriously extreme boating
adventures. Full Story.
Malaysia
-Eco Reef Divers
On her travels through Malaysia, Mallika
Naguran spent time with a group
of volunteer eco divers who are surveying the fragile coral reefs of
the area to find out how much impact pollution, climate change,
overfishing and coastal development are having on the eco
systems. Full Story.
China -Beijing
After
conquering the Great Wall of China and breaching the Forbidden City,
Rod Eime explains that the home of the 2008 Olympic Games has been
transformed. "Beijing seemed supermodern and highly developed, with
only patches of
history still shining through". But for all it's modernity, the past is
ever present in Beijing. Full
Story.
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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and Tasmania.
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