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    Top 10 things air hosties hate about passengers

    We all have our pet peeves when it comes to fellow passengers and their irksome habits, but hosties have their lists of things they hate about us! Here’s their Top 10 – do you qualify?

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    Beware when buying fakes in Europe

    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 [...]

  3. Tips for hiking Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

    Tips for hiking Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

    If you love the idea of huffing and puffing out in the elements and can’t think of anything more fabulous than hiking for 4 days to the amazing hidden city of Machu Picchu, then there are some things you need to know… While I confess to having taken the train to this ancient city 2400m [...]

  4. Venice: liberated by kiwis!

    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 [...]

  5. Peru: Essential Cusco & Machu Picchu

    Peru: Essential Cusco & Machu Picchu

    Cusco is one of Peru’s most amazing cities. It’s way up high in the Andes (3399m) and is the breathless pivot point for visiting the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley and Sacsayhuaman. The 1 hour flight from Lima gave me plenty of time to become paranoid about the effects of the altitude [...]

  6. Chatuchak – the world’s biggest market

    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 [...]

  7. Canal boating in Paris anyone?

    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 [...]

  8. The TV bachelor proposes in Queenstown

    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 [...]

  9. The Sawyers Arms is open for business

    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 [...]

  10. The best things to do in Rome

    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 [...]