Here is the link to my third and final New Zealand Herald travel article on Burma / Myanmar, this one all about Bagan. Bagan – a temple-filled plain, bordered by the Irrawaddy River and ringed by jagged mountains – is regarded as the premier tourist destination in Myanmar. Nobody is really sure of the…
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Missing Kiwi On MH370 A Passionate Lionel Richie And Bee Gees Fan
The latest developments in the mystery of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have turned attention towards the pilot and have in turn raised hopes, albeit faint, that the people onboard may still be alive. It’s really only when you find out the personal stories about people involved in tragedies that your cold fascination with a news…
The Finest Golf Course In The Coromandel – The Dunes Golf Resort, Matarangi – 16 Photos Included
Photo courtesy of thedunesmatarangi.com I’ve never been much of a golfer – an alleged seven shots in a row in the water April 2009 still haunts me – but this potentially career-limiting affliction doesn’t stop me from enjoying the occasional golf resort. Especially when it’s a place like The Dunes in Matarangi (Coromandel, New Zealand)…
Sunset In Bali – My 10 Favourite Photos
I’ve noticed lately that some people claim to be sick of endless social media sunset photos. Well here are some more! If you’re already thinking of where to go for your winter holiday later in the year, then maybe these Bali sunset photos I took in 2012 might sway you. I love Bali, particularly…
The Beauty Of New Zealand’s Waiheke Island – 15 Must-See Photos
What kind of person describes their own photos as must-see? Apologies for the blatant attempt to hook you in. Yesterday (Monday) was the first day back at work for many, so I thought I’d ease the pain by posting some photos of one of New Zealand’s most popular holiday destinations. I took these photos on…
What Makes Myanmar’s Inle Lake So Remarkable – Part 2 In My NZ Herald Series + 25 Favourite Photos
Cage-net fishing, Intrepid tour of Myanmar, Inle Lake. Part two of my New Zealand Herald series of articles on Burma / Myanmar was published this week, this one on what makes Inle Lake so remarkable. Located in central Burma, this is a place where everything is floating – floating villages, floating markets, floating…
My NZ Herald Myanmar Series Part 1: Yangon’s Crumbling Colonial Architecture & Chaotic Streets, Incl. 30 Favourite Photos
The Shewedagon Pagoda Yesterday the New Zealand Herald published part one of my three-part series of travel articles on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Thanks to Intrepid Travel, Flight Centre and Student Flights, I had a 15 day Intrepid tour of what is really the last undiscovered country in South East Asia. The tour began…
The Commodores 1975 Instrumental Named After An Island In The Philippines
For the people of the Philippines reeling from the devastation of typhoon Haiyan (2000 estimated dead, 600,000 homeless, two million in desperate need of clean water), here is the Commodores song named after the Philippine island (and city) Cebu. In the mid-70s the Commodores fame spread far from their Alabama homeland and made them superstars…
15 Favourite Photos From Koh Chang, Thailand
A snorkeling / island-hopping trip off the south of Koh Chang. At the end of 15 days in Burma / Myanmar I thought it would be fun to have a week in Thailand and decided to head to an island I’d never been before, Koh Chang. Thailand’s second largest island after Phuket, Koh Chang didn’t…
Reflections On My Myanmar Adventure + My Top 40 Photos
I’ve just got home from my first ever adventure in Burma / Myanmar, a place I’d long wanted to visit but which has been closed off to the outside world for so long. It is cliche to see new places and tell everyone what a contradiction of old and new they were, of rich and…
Herald On Sunday Travel Article To The Waipoua Lodge, Waipoua Forest, Northland – 15 Favourite Photos
Tane Mahuta, NZ’s largest kauri tree. If you can get beyond my almost unforgivable use of the cliche “tastefully appointed” in describing what was indeed a very tastefully appointed suite, here is the link to my latest Herald On Sunday travel article. The Waipoua Lodge sits on the edge of the greatest Kauri forest in New Zealand,…
My Upcoming Adventures In Myanmar With Intrepid Travel
In a little over seven weeks I will be on a plane to a place I have never been before and more than that, a country which has been virtually closed to the outside world for as long as many of us can remember. I figured it was time to go somewhere new and to…
