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Struth! Aussie Aussie Aussie .. almost
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis muses over P&O Cruises’ choice of ice-cream that it gave away to guests to celebrate Australia Day aboard it’s liner Pacific Pearl that was in Sydney Harbour to take part in several of the harbour’s big day […]
Struth! Hallstatt Austrian UNESCO village ‘Made in China’
Original in Austria (L) and the Chinese knock-off IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that the idea of Chinese take-away has been taken to new heights in the city of Huizhou that’s built a copy-cat of the Austrian village of Hallstatt, often […]
Struth! Pooch in Boots
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that while we’ve been stripping down for summer heatwaves, this pooch he came across in the little Italian village of Porto Venere late last year was happily ready for his country’s more wintry months. Visiting aboard […]
Struth! Shortest air route also world’s most expensive
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis wonders if Monaco’s Heli Air can claim to have the world’s smallest scheduled air service timetable – it has just one route, and that’s a mere 7-minutes between Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco, and Nice […]
Struth! Bottled History Resurfaces
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that a beachcombing couple in New Zealand have miraculously saved a note in a bottle that’s been floating goodness-only-knows-where for the past three-quarters of a century… Geoff Flood and Leanne McAlees found the bottle on Ninety […]
Struth! Gingy Hungry for Travel
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a pint-sized doll in the shape of a gingerbread man – and appropriately named Gingy – looks set to become Australia’s most-travelled doll companion. Travel industry publication Travel Daily broke the story of Gingy this month […]
Struth! 2.5 tonne cup of tea
With Princess Diana at his side, Prince Charles (R) bends over to get a better view of the Rolls Royce automobile that sits perched atop British Wedgwood teacups during a visit to J.C. Penney’s Department Store in the Springfield Mall on November 11, 1985. Standing alongside the Princess is William Howell, chairman of J.C. Penney’s, […]
Struth! No whinging please, we’re British!
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that after readers’ responses to his recent bizarre complaints received by British travel specialists Thomas Cook and the Association of British Travel Association, he has more howlers compiled by the two. “I think it should be […]
Struth! Don’t Drop Dead in Westminster
IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in England authorities actually have the right to insist on you having a doctor’s certificate attesting to your good health before allowing you to join a tour of the Houses of the Parliament in London. […]
Struth! Hotel manager gives dopey guest the wind-up
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that when a couple left their car parked at Sydney Airport’s Ibis Hotel while they made an extended overseas trip, they discovered a hotelier who showed what it meant to go beyond the call of duty. […]
