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PANDAW – THE PHOENIX OF ASIA
David Ellis with David Ovens HAD it not been for Sir Arthur Phayre the beauties and mysteries of some of Asia’s greatest waterways may well have remained the secret of those hardy souls who live along their banks. As Governor of British Burma in 1864 Phayre founded the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, a Scottish-owned fleet of paddle steamers […]
STRUTH – New meaning for holiday ‘escape’
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says fellow travel writer and publisher of OzBabyBoomers, John Rozentals snapped this somewhat confronting welcome to Hawaii’s Big Island Hawaii on a visit there earlier this month. John was taking part in a “Kohala Waterfalls […]
STRUTH – New meaning for holiday ‘escape’
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says fellow travel writer and publisher of OzBabyBoomers, John Rozentals snapped this somewhat confronting welcome to Hawaii’s Big Island Hawaii on a visit there earlier this month. John was taking part in a “Kohala Waterfalls […]
RIGA: WORLD’S FINEST ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE
David Ellis PUBLISHER of interesting e-zine Oz Baby Boomers*, John Rozentals visited his ancestral homeland in search of memories of a namesake – and discovered the world’s finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture. He sent us this fascinating report from Latvia to share with readers. For most visitors to Latvia, the search for 12 Alberta […]
RIGA: WORLD’S FINEST ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE
David Ellis PUBLISHER of interesting e-zine Oz Baby Boomers*, John Rozentals visited his ancestral homeland in search of memories of a namesake – and discovered the world’s finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture. He sent us this fascinating report from Latvia to share with readers. For most visitors to Latvia, the search for 12 Alberta […]
WEEKENDER’S $90M FIRE DAMAGE BILL
David Ellis WHEN the renovators were called in to repair some fire damage to a weekender on England’s River Thames in 1992, the owner wanted the work to match the original as faithfully as possible. This may have been a simple request had the place in question been a 1960s brick bungalow, or even a […]
WEEKENDER’S $90M FIRE DAMAGE BILL
David Ellis WHEN the renovators were called in to repair some fire damage to a weekender on England’s River Thames in 1992, the owner wanted the work to match the original as faithfully as possible. This may have been a simple request had the place in question been a 1960s brick bungalow, or even a […]
CAPTAIN COOK’S WALK INTO SAILING HISTORY
David Ellis THERE are five reasons most people know about England’s little North Yorkshire town of Whitby: James Cook, fish and chips, Dracula, a modern-day TV soap, and old steam trains. Sitting astride the Esk River estuary, Whitby’s 14,000 hardy souls have learned to live with the hammering winds that come in off the North […]
CAPTAIN COOK’S WALK INTO SAILING HISTORY
David Ellis THERE are five reasons most people know about England’s little North Yorkshire town of Whitby: James Cook, fish and chips, Dracula, a modern-day TV soap, and old steam trains. Sitting astride the Esk River estuary, Whitby’s 14,000 hardy souls have learned to live with the hammering winds that come in off the North […]
Struth! UK’s Most northerly hotel a derelict award-winner
John O’Groats “derelict hotel and sheds lurking with tourist intent” STRUTH ! David Ellis looks at the more weird wacky and wondrous in the world of travel IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that a popular British tourist destination has just won […]
