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Struth! Pluck a Chook for Christmas
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in Spain a wine company that now sells more sparkling wine than any other maker in the world, at Christmas continued a tradition it’s upheld since its founding during the tough economic days of early […]
Struth! World’s Steepest Street – and it’s not the rent
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says you’ve got to make sure the handbrake’s on and the car’s automatic is in P when you park on Baldwin Street in New Zealand’s North East Valley just outside Dunedin – because its officially recognised by […]
Struth! Costa Concordia catastrophe nothing to Giglio about
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says it’s been revealed that the ill-fated cruise liner Costa Concordia, that sank after hitting a rock off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January last year, appeared to have a knack for attracting the wrong kind […]
Struth! London takes transport history underground
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a carriage built 121 years ago for the world’s first underground railway is drawing huge interest at the London Transport Museum after being restored at a cost of GBP422,000 (AU$717,000.) The 4-wheel First Class […]
Struth! Here’s the scoop
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that if you’re into ice-cream, put the third Sunday of July next year into your diary – because in America that’s been celebrated as National Ice Cream Day for nearly 30 years. And it was by […]
Struth! Show me the way to San Jose – please!
HEADING for here… (VisitMexico) IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a travel agency in the UK has accidentally sent a couple who wanted to catch up with their daughter in San Jose Mexico (airport code: SJD), to San Jose in California (airport […]
Struth! Haunted hotel comes back to life
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that after laying abandoned for years because people believed it was haunted, a picturesque old hotel in the mountains 30km south-west of Bogota in Colombia has taken on a new lease of life as a museum. […]
Struth! No kids please, we’re flying
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that after Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot introduced childfree zones on flights, TripAdvisor asked more than 1,800 Australian flyers if they would pay more for the quiet of an area aboard their aircraft in which children […]
Struth! Arty dingo saves bush birds
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a dingo is helping to save an endangered Australian bush bird through the sale of her unique “artworks.” Kaya, a five-year-old female at the Oakvale Farm and Fauna World in Port Stephens 2.5hrs north of Sydney, […]
Struth! Hats off on historic rail journey
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says there’s a valley in Wales called Cwm Hetiau, which means The Valley of the Hats. It’s because in Victorian times well-to-do ladies and their gentlemen escorts would take the steam train to the top of Mount […]
