Bath Abbey has a little touch of Australia
The Australian flag hanging from the thick, cold Bath Abbey wall looks a little bit out of place. A 90-minute train ride south-west from London’s Paddington railway station, Bath is a living British museum. It is the only city in the United Kingdom to be …
Dubai’s best seafood restaurant is a water wonderland
I was about to order the Sole for dinner. After all I was sitting in Ossiano, just voted Dubai’s best seafood restaurant. It made perfect sense really, but then I looked out beyond the menu and for a second lost myself in the view. I could …
From Budapest to Amsterdam, Europe lights up
Brian Crisp slept in one bed but visited six countries on a 15-day journey from Budapest to Amsterdam Day 1 The sea of swarming people rushing to the exit of Budapest train station parted for just a fraction of a second. It was long enough …
Langa is a World of contradiction
Langa is Cape Town’s oldest township. For most of us it is a confronting sight – a world of contradiction. There’s a smattering of brick homes, but there are more homes that are made from sheets of corrugated iron that lean to the left or …
Polar bears & Arctic midnight sun
Welcome to the land of Polar bears & Arctic midnight sun Day 1 Welcome to Oslo and welcome to the queue at Norwegian passport control. Negotiating that was a bit of an epic adventure in itself. We landed at 4.15 pm local time but didn’t arrive …
Majestic train travel brings out the romance
IS there anything more romantic than train travel? It is still one of the most enchanting ways to get from point A to point B _especially in Europe. In centuries gone by Kings and Queens would enjoy train travel to their summer houses in absolute luxury. Guests on APT European river cruises can taste …
Salsa & Salsa in Cozumel
The Mexican port of Cozumel looks a bit like a parking lot for giant cruise ships. There’s at least four docked as Carnival Legend, my home for a week on a Western Caribbean cruise, glides into port. In day tripper numbers that’s somewhere between 10 …
Sheraton on Little Collins is a Melbourne masterpiece
I love it when everything is shiny and new at a hotel like The Sheraton on Little Collins St. And it is even better when everything works. The staff are still learning so they are extra helpful and their smiles haven’t yet become manufactured. The …
JFK’s last moments captured at 6th Floor Museum
More than fifty years on, the crime scene that replays JFK’s last moments look almost the same. I’m standing on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository building looking down to the grassy knoll that rises from the north side of Elm …
3-minute InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort trip
NOT all holidays have to involve a lot of travel. My last journey was to the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort. It took three minutes by car from my Hope Island home.. Trips for me nearly always mean flights, long drives and a complete change of …