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Anantara Spice Spoons Vietnamese Cuisine Experience
Rolling your own down Mui Ne way words: Anantara click image for more detailson Anantara Spice Spoons Steeped in history, Vietnamese cuisine is considered one of the most flavoursome and healthy in the whole of Asia. The style of cooking, which has evolved over many centuries, is an enticing blend of Chinese and Asian spices, […]
Kolmanskop, Namibia: Diamonds in the Dust
Diamond fever swept through South-West Africa at the turn of last century, transforming the sleepy desert town of Lüderitz briefly into the richest in all of Africa. Roderick Eime, kicks a few pebbles down Bismarck Street in the old German colony. “It is almost as if Nature, conscious of her injustice to this portion of […]
Suite Spot: The Sebel Pier One Sydney
Suite Spot: The Sebel Pier One Sydney It is a worldwide trend for the great metropolises of the world to convert older buildings into modern, functional spaces and Sydney is certainly no exception. In the CBD and especially around the OPT (Overseas Passenger Terminal) at Circular Quay (adjacent the Sydney Opera House), accommodation is at […]
The resort that never opened: Sheraton Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Around the world there are numerous tales of failed hotel projects, but in the South Pacific at least, this is a celebrated case. If ‘celebrated’ is the right word. Some say the grounds are cursed. (c) Roderick Eime The project was kicked off by a shady Italian who managed to enlist numerous backers. He seduced […]
The resort that never opened: Sheraton Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Around the world there are numerous tales of failed hotel projects, but in the South Pacific at least, this is a celebrated case. If ‘celebrated’ is the right word. (c) Roderick Eime The project was kicked off by a shady Italian who managed to enlist numerous backers. He seduced the tiny island nation of the […]
Shore excursions: Yellow Water Cruise, Cooinda in Kakadu National Park
Guests get seriously up-close-and-personal with one of the biggest ‘salties’ in Yellow Water. (R Eime) The Yellow Water Cruise in Cooinda (Kakadu) was certainly one of our highlight shore (ground?) excursions on the Bill Peach Journeys Aircruise. In just an hour we were surrounded by wildlife including crocodiles, eagles, ducks, pelicans and many tiny waterbirds. […]
Travellers Pause to Remember Bill Peach
by Roderick EIme (travelling with Bill Peach Journeys) Guests on Bill Peach Journeys Classic Australia Aircruise woke to the news that the company’s namesake had passed away overnight. Against a glorious Cable Beach sunset, the group recalled the great man who inspired millions of Australians to get out and see their country with his ground-breaking […]
Sky High Expedition Cruising with Bill Peach
Bill Peach Journeys chartered Embraer 135LR in Longreach (R Eime) Some time ago I was obliged to reappraise the concept of expedition cruising. It didn’t have to be some swashbuckling, frostbitten adventure in either of the polar regions. The exhilaration of discovery beyond a deckchair and lurid cocktail and could easily extend to inland waterways, […]
Bad Lands Come Good in West Africa
Words and images by Roderick Eime(Full version of story submitted to News Limited) A ready exchange of smiles from a people eager for peace is how Roderick Eime will remember his time in the once strife-torn West Africa. “What was that?” gasped Beatrix, grabbing my forearm tightly. We all heard it. Was it the sound […]
Zodiac 101: Getting ashore
Zodiac cruising in calm Antarctic waters (R Eime) by Roderick Eime The vexing question of Zodiac operations is one of the most-asked questions by prospective expedition cruise passengers and one of the common hand-wringing reasons some travellers decide against expedition cruising. What am I talking about? Read on. Unloading to gangway. Proper handholds are critical. […]
