When travelling this mortal coil to soak up the wonders of different countries and experience new cultures, it’s not often you get to truly sit down and hang with the locals. In Bintan I got that chance and it was hilarious. It didn’t matter that I couldn’t speak Bahasa Indonesia to the bunch of guys [...]
Adventures
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Playing chess like a local in Bintan
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See the Northern Lights
My bucket list is not very long as far as what I simply MUST see on this planet before I die, and the Northern Lights is right up there. So when I got this press release through about how, when and with whom to do it, I thought you might like the info too… Travel [...]
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Leaping off Victoria Falls
You’ve done bungy jumping and white water rafting, you’ve sky dived and eaten a cockroach… are you ready for the next big adrenalin thrill? In Livingstone Zambia you can go out to Livingstone Island and when the dry season begins and the mighty Victoria Falls (twice the height of Niagara at 110m) dwindle you can [...]
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Crazy tourists jump into Victoria Falls
The mighty Victoria Falls gush over 100 metres down from the Zambezi River in Zambia and if you visit Livingstone Island during what they call the dry season, you can jump off the very edge of death into a pool called Devil’s Pool. It’s insane and vomit-inducingly scary to even watch, let alone try. I [...]
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Machu Picchu flood update on new route
The terrible flooding around Machu Picchu and the tiny town of Aguas Calientas at the foot of the ancient site has rendered the ruins off limits to tourists. The main rail line from Cusco was damaged in 8 places and part of the Inca Trail was also damaged meaning they’ve had to cancel bookings. This [...]
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Bali: take me to the river
I went to Bali last year and really loved it. When some people think Bali – they think surfing and Schapelle Corby. Others think luxurious white sandy beaches and lavish resorts, still others have visions of cheap shopping, noodles, beer and nightclubbing dancing through their heads. But there is another side that the more intrepid [...]
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Swing through the trees at Woodhill
If, like me, you’re an aunty of a 15 year old boy and are tasked with entertaining him for a couple of days, a visit to the shopping mall is not going to cut it. I know this because I tried. Apparently trying on clothes followed by a flat white mixes with yoof like oil [...]
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Best job in the world blogger is stung!
Remember the hoopla that Queensland Tourism cleverly generated with their Best Job in the World campaign to lure a blogger to Hamilton Island, one of the Great Barrier Reef islands, as caretaker? The winner was Ben Southall, a 34 year old ginga from England in a marketing coup that they reckon yielded $115 million worth [...]
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Oman: the world’s fastest Omani
The World’s Fastest Omani has just driven me like a rally driver for 2 hours over the dirt road of Wadi Bani Awf. It’s about an hour and half from Muscat (entrance near Nakhal) and is known as the most diverse and challenging wadi. This is actually a hikers dream but as I don’t dream [...]
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Cycling tour of Vietnam
If you love the idea of an adventurous holiday cycling through Vietnam but fear you may get hopelessly lost navigating back roads on your own, or the palaver of planning such a trip with accommodation, route maps and bike hire makes you slide this little dream into the Too Hard Basket, then a cycling tour [...]
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