Best selling Australian novelist Sara Foster shares her 20 best secrets for foolproof global travel. We’ve all heard those cautionary travellers’ tales of mistakes and misadventure. Here are some simple solutions that will help you to avoid similar pitfalls: 1. When off the beaten track, skip wearing jewellery as it can attract unnecessary attention, or… Continue reading 20 Best Secrets to Travel Safe
Month: December 2010
Where is the most beautiful place on earth?
It’s said that beauty is on the eye of the beholder. We all appreciate different things, which is just as well otherwise we would all want to marry George Clooney or Eva Mendes. But where is the most beautiful place on earth, and what makes it that way? Here are a few suggestions, no doubt… Continue reading Where is the most beautiful place on earth?
Record Breaking Hotels
Tallest, oldest, smallest, largest, the world is full of record breakers, things are constantly changing, but how would you like to spend a weekend in a record-breaking hotel. Here are some suggestions…. The oldest functioning hotel in the world is the Houshi Ryokan in Komatsu, Japan. The hotel opened its doors to the public in…..718…… Continue reading Record Breaking Hotels
What not to do in a hire car……
This week I was going to look into the weirdest spiritual retreats, but then on Sunday all that changed. There are moments in our lives when we are young, full of energy, and wanting to get out there and discover the world that we perhaps take things just that little bit too far, and on… Continue reading What not to do in a hire car……
Home from Home – Why not visit your home town in another country?
I’m sure that most people will be familiar with twinning associations, where towns in different counties become ‘twins’, but have you ever explored the possibility that the place where you live may also have a real twin, a town, village or city with the same name but in a different country? I used to live… Continue reading Home from Home – Why not visit your home town in another country?