Cooling Our Heels On A Visit To Perito Moreno Glacier
We spend a day chilling by a river of ice on a visit to Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. A shotgun crack splits the air and ricochets up the valley. Heads swivel and cameras wave about as ...
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Havana Highlights: Ten Awesome Experiences In Cuba’s Capital
Imagine walking down bustling city streets of Havana that are humming with life, past crumbling colonial buildings cast in bright shades of yellow, blue, pink and green, all high arched windows and narrow wrought iron balconies. Old Chevrolets and Fords ...
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On The Trail Of Ancient Rock Art In Patagonia
Nine thousand years ago, Argentina’s first people roamed the Patagonian steppe. Through the seasons, the nomadic hunter-gatherers followed the guanaco, their main food source, from the high desert plateaus to the deep canyons of the Río Pinturas. There, they left countless markings ...
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Getting Outdoors In Cuba’s World Heritage Valle De Viñales
If Havana epitomises the vibrant, colourful, rumba-thumping, Caribbean heart of Cuba, then surely Viñales must be its earthy, laid back, rural soul. Set amidst the World Heritage-listed Valle de Viñales, the village feels a world away from its metropolitan cousin, ...
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Diving At The Bay Of Pigs In Cuba
Word is, Cuba’s underwater world offers some of the best – if not the best – diving in the Caribbean. While our two-week Cuban itinerary doesn’t stretch to some of the island’s more remote diving destinations, we’re determined to get ...
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Vintage Gallery: Cuba’s Real-Life Classic Car Museum
Walking down the street in Havana, you’d be forgiven for half-expecting to find a 1950s diner at the next corner where that beautiful vintage Bel Air is parked, all high-shine chrome and polished paintwork. For many people, Cuba evokes nostalgic ...
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Taking On A Volcano By Snowmobile In Iceland
Our guide is knee-deep in the snow of Mýrdalsjökull Glacier in Iceland’s south, scraping the ice around him into a large mound. “Do you know where Iceland’s biggest volcano is?” he asks. People in our group, stark against the white backdrop in fluorescent ...
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Exploring A Magical Ice Cave In Iceland
A narrow stream of crystal clear water gushes past our feet and disappears into the half-moon opening of the ice cave nearby. ‘Can I drink this?,’ I ask our guide. ‘Of course,’ he beams. ‘You can drink the water anywhere in Iceland. Except ...
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48 Hours In Innsbruck: The Perfect Winter Weekender
Innsbruck, Austria’s picturesque Tyrolean capital, attracts visitors year-round to its alpine panoramas and active outdoors scene. It’s especially charming in the early winter, when the city turns on the festive cheer and Christmas markets illuminate the town squares. As our ...
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Living In The Moment: Our Travel Highlights Of 2016
It’s the last day of 2016, and that saying about time speeding up the older you get seems more poignant than ever. It feels like yesterday we were packing up our little apartment in Sydney, bound for London with no ...
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Diving With Mantas In Komodo National Park
There comes a moment, when you’re ten metres below the surface, face into a driving current, hanging on by a finger to your divemaster’s fin and doing your best to avoid the stinging fire coral just inches away, that you wonder whether you’re actually ready ...
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The Hungry Traveller’s Guide To Eating In Singapore
For hundreds of years, the tiny island nation of Singapore has been a gateway to Asia, and a cultural crossroads absorbing customs, cuisines and flavours from around the world. Like many travellers, we’ve passed through this international hub lots of times, ...
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