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After a wild ride through the Okere Falls on a raft, our group reached the point where we exited the […]
V and I stood in front of the slate-grey door of the Sugihara House. We had trudged through the snow […]
One hour. That was all the time I had to venture beyond the conference venue and explore Beijing. The backpacker in […]
I was expecting to be bowled over by Milford Sound, but I wasn’t. The two-hour cruise should have been the […]
It was impossible to ignore the Kölner Dom when I first stepped out of Cologne’s central station. How could I, when it’s such […]
The story of the takahe’s return from near-extinction is a remarkable one. This rare flightless bird was once widespread throughout […]
‘Tuk-tuk, sir? Tomorrow you go see Angkor Wat sunrise?‘ That’s the call of tuk-tuk drivers waiting for business in the temple […]
In the upper floors of a baroque canal house in Amsterdam’s red-light district, a mere stone’s throw from the Oude […]
What’s a restless tourist to do in Shiraz on a Friday night? The quiet in the old part of the […]
Let’s get the mundane facts about Baldwin Street out of the way first. This 350-metre stretch of road in Dunedin, […]