Personally I can’t think of much worse than tromping through ice to spend the night in an igloo. Oh sure it may be a fancy pants igloo, but an igloo by any other name is still an igloo. However hand carved Ice Hotels are incredibly popular, so if spending the night on an ice slab [...]
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Chilling out in an Ice Hotel
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Wacky Spa treatments around the world
So this morning I was up early (how does Petra do it?) and headed into TVNZ to talk weird and wacky spa treatments. Originally meant to cover 3 types, I managed to only cover the fish-foot eating pedicures in my 2 minutes 19 seconds. Clearly I need to go back! Click here to see the [...]
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Eat at Cabbages and Condoms, Thailand
Lunching at the Cabbages and Condoms Restaurant in Thailand’s northern most city of Chiang Rai was an experience I was not sure I was totally up for. I was on a whistle-stop three-day tour from Bangkok to the Golden Triangle where Thailand borders Laos and Cambodia. My itinerary indicated the drive from Chiang Mai to [...]
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The Bondi flashmob – in speedos
I’m having a bit of a flashmob thing at the moment and found this one on You Tube that I thought might brighten your day. Check out the big bellied Aussie in his red speedo cutting it loose on Bondi Beach…
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Worst ever massage from belching masseuse
I truly thought I might perish at the hands of my brutal Taiwanese masseuse! I was in Taiwan on a decadent Spa Press Trip. But this treatment took the cake… I’ve never had an all over body massage (and I mean all over). And certainly not an all over body massage by a Taiwanese woman [...]
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Aussie storm blows over Auckland
Here is evidence that the storm predicted to be the size of Australia that crossed over New Zealand like the mother ship of Independence Day this weekend really was from Australia. This jandal (or rather, thong) was spotted on the roof of Citron Vert cafe in Parnell Friday lunchtime just after the horizontal rain fell… [...]
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8 ridiculous things to buy on SkyMall
One of the things I love to do when flying across the United States is to browse the SkyMall catalogue. It was in the seat pocket in front of me on my United Airlines flight from LA to Orlando this week (thanks for the wide United Plus seat by the way. No I’m not offended [...]
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Stay a night in the cells at Napier Prison
Pull up at the old Napier Prison these days and instead of police vans and naughty people leering through the iron bars, you’ll find the Napier Prison Tours and Entertainment vehicle parked out the front and backpackers walking through the gates. This scungy prison, built in 1858, closed only in 1993 after being deemed unfit [...]
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Would you shave your head for a free flight??
That’s the challenge from Air New Zealand … If you’re up for getting your luscious golden tresses shaved off onboard a flight from Auckland to the Queenstown Winter Festival – you get the flight for free! On June 27th ALL passengers AND crew will be ‘shaving for a cure’ for the Leukemia and Blood Foundation [...]
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Pillow fight @ Britomart this Saturday!
Calling for a flash mob to assemble at Britomart on Saturday April 3rd at 3pm!! It’s officially the 3rd annual International Pillow Fight Day and this year Auckland is letting the feathers fly. Bring your pillow and meet at Queen Elizabeth II Square (beside Westfield mall) – but there are rules: PILLOW FIGHT RULES: * [...]
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