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FRANK’S FAVOURITES: Greek Odyssey and Hog Heaven

FRANK’S FAVOURITES: Greek Odyssey and Hog Heaven

060109 LA’s SUPERCHARGED AUTO MUSEUMS Ever wondered what it’s like to ride in a vintage Model T Ford? Or the car that Russian dictator Joseph Stalin used to tour in? In Los Angeles you can find out jumping on the local bus lines to visit several auto museums. the Metro Green Line and two Metro […]

Cruise Weekly: 6 Oct 2009

Cruise Weekly: 6 Oct 2009

Truly Getting Up Close And Personal On True North

Truly Getting Up Close And Personal On True North

TWO adventure cruises to the famed Kimberley wilderness region in July and August next year aboard the boutique True North, will feature activities as diverse as barramundi fishing, swimming in remote billabongs, seeing indigenous cave art with onboard naturalists, nudging underneath a vast waterfall, and a coral reef that “rises from the ocean.” True North […]

Truly Getting Up Close And Personal On True North

Truly Getting Up Close And Personal On True North

TWO adventure cruises to the famed Kimberley wilderness region in July and August next year aboard the boutique True North, will feature activities as diverse as barramundi fishing, swimming in remote billabongs, seeing indigenous cave art with onboard naturalists, nudging underneath a vast waterfall, and a coral reef that “rises from the ocean.” True North […]

Cruise Weekly: Aboard the MV Charaideo

Cruise Weekly: Aboard the MV Charaideo

Position: 26 deg 19′ N, 92 deg 08′ E Brahmaputra River, Assam, India Tea and Tigers on the Brahmaputra “Ship stuck in sand, foreigners taste the Orient” – The Telegraph (India) It wasn’t an auspicious start. We were on the front page of one of the national Indian dailies even before we’d boarded the vessel. […]

Cruise Weekly: Aboard the MV Charaideo

Cruise Weekly: Aboard the MV Charaideo

Position: 26 deg 19′ N, 92 deg 08′ E Brahmaputra River, Assam, India Tea and Tigers on the Brahmaputra “Ship stuck in sand, foreigners taste the Orient” – The Telegraph (India) It wasn’t an auspicious start. We were on the front page of one of the national Indian dailies even before we’d boarded the vessel. […]

Free Ho Chi Minh City Stay With Vietnam & Cambodia River Cruise

Free Ho Chi Minh City Stay With Vietnam & Cambodia River Cruise

PANDAW River Cruises that operates replicas of yester-year 19th century river-boats on the rivers of South East Asia, is offering two free 5-star hotel nights in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its 8-day Mekong Expedition Cruises in Vietnam and Cambodia in January and February next year. Its boutique 32-cabin Mekong Pandaw and 38-cabin […]

Free Ho Chi Minh City Stay With Vietnam & Cambodia River Cruise

Free Ho Chi Minh City Stay With Vietnam & Cambodia River Cruise

PANDAW River Cruises that operates replicas of yester-year 19th century river-boats on the rivers of South East Asia, is offering two free 5-star hotel nights in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its 8-day Mekong Expedition Cruises in Vietnam and Cambodia in January and February next year. Its boutique 32-cabin Mekong Pandaw and 38-cabin […]

SO LONG CHARDDY – BRING ON THE ’BLANC?

SO LONG CHARDDY – BRING ON THE ’BLANC?

Wc05Oct09 david ellis IF you were a grower or a winemaker prepared to take a punt on a just-conducted survey of our wine-drinking habits, you’d be chopping out your Chardonnay, swooning over your Sauvignon Blanc, and planting Pinot Noir. The survey, amongst guests and diners at Mercure Hotels’ 23-properties across Australia, found drinkers were turning […]