Leave the stresses and strains of modern life behind and board a seaplane at Port Hardy for your floating wilderness.
Read MoreLocated on a side street off Via Babuino, a stone’s throw from the Piazza del Popolo and five minutes walk from the Piazza di Spagna, Babette is that great little place you hope to find every time you travel.
Read MoreNormandy is famous for what it can do with apples, which mostly seem to involve alcohol.
Read More69 Years later and visiting the beaches, I am armed only with a few tissues.... it was not enough.
Read MoreOk, well I do not own a Chateau, nor does my home resemble one but Chateau La Cheneviere in Port en Bessin, Normandy is just so comfortable and welcoming that after a day out exploring, you find yourself saying "let's go home".
Read MoreAs promised, here are a few taster photos of where you might stay on Waiheke if you were a pop star.
Read MoreIt has been raining hard all day and the approach into Wellington is rather foggy. In fact, it is consistently foggy and wet for my entire visit.
Read MoreAs it happens this turns out to be a good decision as I come up to the Huka Falls themselves and have time enough to wander and take some photos.
Read MoreSet high on a ridge overlooking Taupo is the glorious architectural wonder, Acacia Cliffs, also home to Tom the sheep.
Read MoreNot far from Rotorua in distance but a million miles apart is Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Resort, this is where nature comes to play.
Read MoreOne can only imagine what the site must have looked like from the sky - no roads, no power cables, no houses just fantastic views, rolling countryside and a huge pine tree which was later to become the Party Tree.
Read MoreRotorua's full name is Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe and means second lake in Maori.
Action and adventure, thrills and spills, Maori heritage, thermal springs and spas, Rotorua has something for everyone.
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