Travel Stories

Nov 18, 2013 • 7 min read

Packing the right tech can help take some of the stress out of work trips and let you concentrate on the more enjoyable elements of business travel. Check…

Nov 12, 2013 • 5 min read

You’d be forgiven for thinking that hiking isn’t among the must-try activities in Hong Kong – that the only place you’ll cop an eyeful of green is in Yau…

Nov 12, 2013 • 5 min read

Ever since Michael J Fox strapped on his self-lacing Nike Mag sneakers and slipped into a self-drying jacket in Back to the Future II, travel tech geeks…

Nov 12, 2013 • 5 min read

The apps just keep coming! Apple's App Store now hosts over a million (with 60 billion downloads) and Android’s Google Play store has a similar number…

Oct 31, 2013 • 5 min read

Japan seduces and dazzles travellers with its buzzed-up, sprawling, ultra-convenient big cities. But if you’re weary of crowds and vending-machine-packed…

Oct 23, 2013 • 7 min read

Your endless winter is here with snow adventures that take you to the best pow-pow our planet has to offer. Stay frosty. This article is adapted from…

Oct 18, 2013 • 6 min read

Here’s a challenge for you: could you place the Comoros Islands on a map?

Oct 16, 2013 • 7 min read

Stretch your legs over hours or days, without leaving some of the world’s biggest cities. This article is adapted from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate…

Oct 4, 2013 • 5 min read

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trinidad, Cuba, was built on the back of the 19th-century sugar and slave trade. At its zenith, in 1827, one of the 56…

Sep 25, 2013 • 7 min read

Be prepared to be jostled, hurried and incessantly chatted to as you soak in the trendy yet traditional vibe of Mumbai.

Aug 1, 2013 • 6 min read

There’s nothing like fine print and legal language to put a dampener on a spontaneous adventure, but many argue that if you can’t afford travel insurance, you…

Jul 1, 2013 • 4 min read

An Art Deco jewel shimmering amid the misty Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Asheville once attracted Jazz Age luminaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald…

Jun 19, 2013 • 5 min read

My flight to Romania was suddenly cancelled, leaving me stranded in New York’s JFK airport at midnight, without access to my luggage and 24 hours before…

Jun 13, 2013 • 4 min read

Cycling’s toughest competitors will line up their bikes in the Corsican town of Porto-Vecchio on 29 June for the centenary edition of the Tour de France…

Jun 3, 2013 • 5 min read

In Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, Phileas Fogg had a devil of a time trying to travel around the world in 80 days. But in the 21st century,…

Jun 3, 2013 • 3 min read

Forty years ago Tony and Maureen Wheeler took an epic trip out of Europe and across Asia. Their notes, stapled together on a Melbourne kitchen table,…

May 31, 2013 • 6 min read

Friendly, picturesque and a paradise for foodies. This description might not spring to mind when you hear the word 'Hiroshima', but word is starting to…

May 30, 2013 • 5 min read

Some women travellers, and especially solo women travellers, are reassessing their travel plans in India following the fatal rape of a local Delhi woman,…

May 30, 2013 • 8 min read

Until recently, even seasoned travellers would have been hard pushed to pinpoint the Azores on a map. But finally the world is waking up to the allure of…

May 22, 2013 • 5 min read

Yearning to explore the forbidding peaks of the Indian Himalaya, but not sure where to start? These expert tips from a seasoned trekker will help you…

May 21, 2013 • 4 min read

Have you ever arrived at a hotel to discover that the 'sea view' room you fell head over heels for online doesn't actually exist? Or examined a restaurant…

May 15, 2013 • 5 min read

Travel buzz-kills are a singular kind of torture, born out of impossibly high expectations for a destination. The considerable time and money invested in…