Why you should travel Amtrak sleeper class to Chicago
(This post has been updated.) A journey through 8 states from Los Angeles to Chicago Why take the Amtrak Southwest Chief? A couple of years ago we flew in to ...
Four star luxury in a South Pacific paradise
“Tahiti”. For westerners the name conjures up visions of swaying palm trees, golden sand, sparkling blue lagoons and colours as brilliant as those painted by Paul Gauguin. And at the ...
The Aranui 5 cargo/passenger ship
In the nineteen-fifties the Chinese-Tahitian Wong family started a shipping company operating the Aranui, a freighter sailing to the islands of French Polynesia. Later the Aranui 1 was the first ...
An evening of opera highlights – Anna Netrebko concert in Sydney
Anna Netrebko is the best soprano in the world, the reigning prima donna of the 21st Century. She has been thrilling opera fans for over two decades not only with ...
Staying at the Intercontinental – Sydney’s most iconic hotel
We've just returned from a short trip to Sydney and once again we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Macquarie Street. The hotel is just a few minutes walk away ...
Leonard Cohen’s Last Concert
Leonard Cohen's last concert was at the Vector Arena in Auckland on 21 December 2013. We were there. It was the final stop on a sixteen-month tour in support of ...
Cruising down the river
One of our favourite ways to travel is cruising along the rivers of South East Asia on a Pandaw river boat. No dragging suitcases from place to place, no unpacking ...
Le Du Restaurant – Bangkok’s hidden star
It might sound French but Le Du means season in Thai and this restaurant makes a point of using fresh seasonal Thai ingredients to produce delicious, eye-catching dishes with a ...
