Lest you get stung like this poor tourist… The proliferation of fake handbags is not just in Asia, as a recent visitor to Venice just found out – after getting fined 1,000 euros for buying a fake Louis Vuitton. I visited Rome with a girlfriend a few years ago and we made the grave mistake [...]
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Venice: liberated by kiwis!
Did you know Venice was liberated by New Zealand? Neither did I. But as you are about to discover, this blog is much more than wit, saracsm and pithy paragraphs. This is an educational travel blog! The Queen of the Adriatic is actually spread over 118 little islands in the marshy saltwater of Venice Lagoon [...]
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Chatuchak – the world’s biggest market
If the idea of trawling through 9000 booths in the world’s biggest market appeals, then you will love Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, Thailand. This place is so huge that I seriously considered dropping breadcrumbs on the ground so I could retrace my steps and get out of there. Many of the stalls sell similar [...]
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Canal boating in Paris anyone?
I set out to explore the underground canals of Paris where Erik (aka Phantom of the Opera) lived. Of course you can boat along the Seine like all the tourists, pointing your camera at breathtaking sight after breathtaking sight from Notre Dame in the east to the Eiffel Tower in the west (which incidentally was [...]
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The TV bachelor proposes in Queenstown
From the comfort of my living room I have been playing private investigator. So good am I that I don’t even require dark glasses or video cameras – and I can now tell you exactly where TV’s biggest cad The Bachelor Jason Mesnick brought his SECOND fiancee to New Zealand and proposed. If you haven’t [...]
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The Sawyers Arms is open for business
I just had a beer and a cheers on behalf of the whole country to the newly opened Sawyers Arms on Hwy 50 in Tikokino. You might remember hearing the shocking news back in January about loveable farmer Mark McCutcheon going to the aid of a woman who was being beaten up by a Mongrel [...]
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The best things to do in Rome
Shoe shopping is right at the top of my Best Things to do in Rome list and right now you can get there with all sorts of bells and whistles thrown in. I spent only 2 days roaring around the Eternal City. 2 days is silliness. I did put in a sterling effort to see [...]
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Naughty balloon boy puts Ft Collins on the map
While the furore swirls over the missing boy in the balloon who supposedly flew off from his parents back yard in a homemade helium-filled balloon, Ft Collins Tourism must be stoked. I mean what did any one know about Fort Collins? And quite frankly, who cared? I just did a little Googling and it made [...]
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Honest to goodness weekend farmers markets
I stumbled upon a farmer’s market yesterday in my ‘hood and it was just the coolest thing – fresh breads (we’re talking posh Grey Lynn ciabatta and pain au chocolat), fudges, macadamia nut butter, fresh veges, smoked salmon, oils, pestos and spreads. They even had a stall where locals could sell their own odd shaped [...]
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Cheap deals to UK and Europe!
Wow it seems I have a face for radio! Have just been in at Newstalk ZB having a good old chinwag with Danny Watson about these hot deals to Europe with Air NZ and Harvey World Travel. Those who zealously follow this highly important blog will know that I have just come back from a [...]
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