In the hectic city of Bangkok where a million tuk tuks buzz around like flies and taxis seem to squeeze like sheep through a race without crashing into each other, there are some cool out-of-the-way things to do and some biggies you won’t want to miss. Of course you must see the Grand Palace, take [...]
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5 cool things to do in Bangkok
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Top 5 things to do in San Francisco
I heart San Francisco! It’s kind of like a little town, when compared to the vastly sprawling city of Los Angeles a few hours down the road. Yet San Fran is a booming city with loads of culture, talented buskers (I saw a Birman cat begging with a cup in front of it once!), a [...]
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The world’s best marathons in 2010
If you’re a sport billy and one of your lifelong ambitions is to puff your way through the world’s major marathons, then this blog’s for you. (Note, this blog’s not for me. I figure the reason God made cars is to get 42km down the road without having to sweat.) There are probably as many [...]
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Best little cupcake shop in London
What a find! I wandered out from my hotel – Corus at Lancaster Gate – to drag 10 days worth of laundry to the very nice washer woman who will deal with the reeking pile while I shop, when I stumbled upon this cute little cafe. The Cupcake Emporium at Lancaster Gate, it is. Memo [...]
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Auckland’s best Indian restaurant
I love a good curry and reckon I’ve found the best restaurant this side of… London. Oh Calcutta should be a pilgrimage every curry-lover must make. Have a read, pop along and tell me it’s not so.
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Top 5 things to do on Hawaii’s Big Island
Hawaii’s Big Island is actually called Hawaii – but that’s too confusing – so it goes by its nickname, the Big Island. Nice and simple, straight forward – deceptively bland. The Big Island is one of the only places where you can get up close and personal to the core of the earth. The spewing, [...]
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Top 10 Australian vineyards to sleep in
If sleeping in a vineyard (no not literally under the leaves but in a posh bed) is your idea of nirvana – a few tipples with dinner gazing over the rows of grapes as the sun sets before slipping away to luxurious accomodation, not a car in sight – then you’ll love this list of [...]
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Merediths: voted Auckland’s best restaurant
Michael Meredith has still got lips talking and mouths watering as his highly acclaimed restaurant – Merediths – took out top spot in the prestigious Metro Magazine Restaurant of the Year award for Auckland. It also won Best Formal Restaurant in Auckland. Metro judges spent 3 months visiting and revisiting restaurants in the city to [...]
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The 4 most expensive burgers in America
Oh how the other half live! Here I am writing tweets, blogs and newspaper articles about how to holiday/eat/drink and basically have a wild old time on a recession budget, when this Top 4 list of the most expensive hamburgers in the world lands in my inbox. So just in case you have pots of [...]
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Top 5 favourite cities for shopaholics
Oh there’s nothing better than taking time out to pirouette around a shopping mall of an afternoon. It’s moments like these I feel like Julie Andrews. With my shopping bags dangling from both arms I want to skip and sing songs about hills. So this post is for those who find shopping the panacea to [...]
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