My strategy for flying from Perth to Los Angeles in cost-effective comfort has been: Take the 7.30pm direct flight to Auckland, so I wouldn’t have to sleep on the plane. Sleep for five hours at the Jucy Snooze hostel in Auckland’s city centre. Bid for an upgrade to Premium Economy for the Auckland to Los…
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Jul
So you think sunset in Puerto Natales isn’t a good enough reason to travel overland from El Calafate to Ushuaia? How about Torres del Paine National Park, in Chilean Patagonia? I just did a day trip in November 2005, but you could easily spend a week there.
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Jul
When I flew last year from Perth to the United States and back, two advantages of going via Hong Kong International Airport were (a) it was the only stop and (b) I didn’t have to go from domestic to international airports and back again to domestic. The biggest plus was that the in-flight entertainment included all ten episodes of the fifth season…
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Jul
With the Rio Olympics approaching, I expect we’re soon going to see a lot of the statue of Christ the Redeemer. When I viewed it up close in 2013, I thought the blank eyes were rather creepy… … but what a view from Sugarloaf Mountain!
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Jul
One of the many delightful things that came out of my Antarctic trip was meeting up with the wise Caroline last year in Washington DC. On the second of two hectic days, she took me to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. At the start of his record four terms as US President, Franklin D Roosevelt announced:…
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Jul
More from the International Sandsculpting Championship, Virginia Beach, 2015.
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Jul
When I recently posted ten tips when seeing the Edinburgh Fringe, the last was: Go somewhere warm and sunny afterwards. My friend Sam took the above photo on our first afternoon at the Fringe in August 2014, during Scotland’s summer. I wore four layers of clothing, the same number as the second time I set foot on…
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Jul
The Edinburgh Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. It was originally set up by people who didn’t get invited to the Edinburgh Festival, but now it’s largely overwhelmed the mainstream event. Perth’s Fringe World festival is largely modelled on it. The Edinburgh Fringe is open access, which means that anyone can put on a…
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Jul
