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Zozobra Inducted into New Mexico Tourism Hall of Fame
Will Shuster’s Zozobra Inducted into Tourism Hall of Fame at2008 New Mexico Governor’s Conference on Tourism Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 5, 2008– The Tourism Association of New Mexico recently inducted Will Shuster’s Zozobra into the Tourism Hall of Fame at the 2008 Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held in Roswell. The honor came as a […]
SAMOAN HOTEL HOOKED ON HISTORY
david ellis YOU’VE got to admire a bloke who invests a million bucks or so in building a boutique hotel in Samoa, and then names it after a hooker. But hey, this is the South Pacific and Tom Drabble is a Kiwi. But he’s a Kiwi with business acumen, imagination – and a nice sense of humour to go with it. […]
TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY
A fishing safari that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is something most anglers only dream about. But more and more Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that are known locally as “buffaloes,” and one who returned home recently told of a total bag of over forty fish […]
TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY
A fishing safari that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is something most anglers only dream about. But more and more Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that are known locally as “buffaloes,” and one who returned home recently told of a total bag of over forty fish […]
SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD
SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD ….longest human product demo in perpetual motion for 33 days…. LONDON, 5 May, 2008: Skype today launches ‘The Skype Nomad’, an ambitious attempt to create a live, worldwide, human demonstration of how Skype can now be used anywhere and on the move. Skype has recruited Australian writer Rebecca Campbell […]
SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD
SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD ….longest human product demo in perpetual motion for 33 days…. LONDON, 5 May, 2008: Skype today launches ‘The Skype Nomad’, an ambitious attempt to create a live, worldwide, human demonstration of how Skype can now be used anywhere and on the move. Skype has recruited Australian writer Rebecca Campbell […]
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS IN AUSTRALIA WITH SPECIAL “LA HANAU” (BIRTHDAY) AIRFARES TO HAWAII
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS IN AUSTRALIA WITH SPECIAL “LA HANAU” (BIRTHDAY) AIRFARES TO HAWAII It is four years this month since Hawaiian Airlines launched nonstop flights from Australia to Hawaii – and to celebrate, the airline has introduced special “La Hanau”, or birthday, fares to Honolulu and the neighbour islands of Maui, Kauai and […]
Free air and free nights
Travel Briefs By John Crook Free air and free nights Cruising with gratuities included in the price. That’s a real drawcard these days and it applies to the 35-night cruise from Athens to Sydney, via Port Said, the Suez Canal, Asian ports, Cairns and Brisbane. The Princess Daphne offers a wonderful mix of yester-year ambience […]
Free air and free nights
Travel Briefs By John Crook Free air and free nights Cruising with gratuities included in the price. That’s a real drawcard these days and it applies to the 35-night cruise from Athens to Sydney, via Port Said, the Suez Canal, Asian ports, Cairns and Brisbane. The Princess Daphne offers a wonderful mix of yester-year ambience […]
The Last Mahouts
They stood before us like condemned men, their proud tradition and heritage had run its course. These well-weathered, handsome men of the jungle were the last real mahouts, trained in the ancient and dangerous art of wild elephant capture. The mighty Asian elephant has featured large in Asian culture for centuries. This enormous beast, a […]
