Last week the New Zealand Herald published my article about the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Junior. Click here to link to the piece that details my 2016 visit to the site of King’s assassination, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. If you’re planning a trip to the States and Memphis is somehow missing…
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A Honeymoon In The Jungles Of Malaysian Borneo – My Top 40 Photos From Sabah’s Famed Kinabatangan Region
The precious jungles of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo are the stuff of legend for good reason. Regarded by some scientists as the single most biodiverse place on the planet, one 10-square kilometre chunk of rainforest in Sabah has more flora and fauna than all of Europe and North America combined. Mind blowing. In looking for…
Why We Chose The Hotel Grand Windsor For Our Wedding Night & Photos – My Concrete Playground Review
I’ve always been drawn to historic hotels, even if their glory days are behind them. Whether it’s a crumbling palace in India or a slightly faded ski lodge in the States, old hotels have so many stories to tell. But what about a historic building that originally wasn’t a hotel? Not only that, but when it…
Road Tripping Through South India Part 3: Kerala Backwaters To Trivandrum Top 60 Photos
The third and final chapter in my trilogy of Let’s Travel magazine articles about road-tripping (and boating and training) through the south of India is now out and in the current issue. I travelled with World Journeys and here’s a little taster of the article: It felt like Jurassic Park. Or probably more specifically, Jurassic…
Remember The Tired Old Copthorne In Downtown Auckland? It’s Now The Very Funky, Staycation-Worthy M Social
For years I’d walk past the Copthorne Hotel on the waterfront in downtown Auckland and think, “they either need to knock that down or spend millions doing it up”. It was a stunning location and for too long a tired, drab hotel in what seemed an unimaginative piece of 1970s architecture. Then one day I…
E-Biking The Waikato River Trails – My NZ Herald Article + Top 20 Photos
A couple of weeks ago the New Zealand Herald published my article about e-biking the new Waikato River Trails. Click here to link to the article to find out why riding these trails was so much fun and why I think Waikato is one of the most underrated regions in New Zealand. Also read about a…
Where To Stay In Kuala Lumpur? Why The Majestic Hotel Is Such An Authentic Step Back In Time
A few months ago a friend of mine asked which hotel I’d recommend for her to stay at while in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Given this is the city of my childhood and a place that still somehow keeps pulling me back every couple of years, I was an obvious person to ask. And yet I…
Road Tripping Through South India Part 2: Wayanad To Fort Kochi Top 60 Photos
Part two of my World Journeys southern Indian adventure will be published in the next issue of Let’s Travel magazine, this one starting in the mountainous jungles of the Wayanad region and taking us through to the historic coastal town of Fort Kochi. There was the beauty in seeing such a lush, green side of…
Road Tripping Through South India Part 1: Bangalore To Mysore Top 50 Photos
Out this week in New Zealand’s leading travel magazine Let’s Travel is part one in my new three-part series about my southern India adventure in June. This first article takes in what I saw in the cities of Bangalore and Mysore, including the palaces, temples, gardens, alleyways and cow-dotted roads of these rapidly changing cities. I’m very…
Travel Bugs – My Weekly NZ Herald Column About The Joys Of Moaning About Your Holiday
From getting chased by wild animals to crying during in-flight movies, my weekly New Zealand Herald column Travel Bugs is about all the things that can go wrong on holiday. There’s the time I came down with altitude sickness in the Guatemalan Highlands and sought refuge at a hotel overrun by squawking parrots and an indefatigable steel-drum…
The Farm At Cape Kidnappers – Top 50 Photos
Two years after staying at one of New Zealand’s premier luxury lodges, Kauri Cliffs, for a Herald travel writing assignment, I was pinching myself to be doing it again, though this time at the sister property Cape Kidnappers. With Kauri Cliffs in the Bay Of Islands, Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay and the third lodge…
Indoor Skydiving, Jet Skiing & Rainforest Adventures On The Gold Coast – My Herald Article + Top 50 GC Photos
A couple of weeks back the Herald On Sunday published hands down the least flattering photo of me ever seen in a newspaper, but it’s OK. I was lamely trying to adjust my goggles while indoor skydiving on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the process I looked like a puffed-up blimp with the…
