The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests). For Tuesday, let’s head to Fiji, and The Garden of the Sleeping Giant. This is a botanical garden first established by Hollywood actor Raymond Burr – mostly to grow his beloved orchids. (Who knew ‘Perry Mason’ was an orchid-lover?) There are more…
“@#$%^^& cruise ships – arrive, disgorge thousands, spend next to nothing in local economy and %^&* off again.” Love cruising? It seems that not everyone loves you! I was reading an article last month (from the Guardian, on plans by Italy’s Cinque Terre ports to limit the number of tourists) .. and it was amazing how quickly the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and to start us off, Bamboo Creek at Innisfail, in Far North Queensland. Innisfail’s a small town about an hour south of the much-better-known Cairns, and is at the heart of what they call “The Great Green Way”. It is certainly worth spending a few…
Here’s the eighth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … This week – lots of cruise news – including saying farewell to some Aussie and Kiwi favourites; in table-top games news, we look at lying with a…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This image is, of course, of the ruins of the Amphitheatrum Flavium – better known to us as The Colosseum. But here’s the thing – The Colossus that the Colosseum was named for no longer exists. It was a giant statue…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. Ah, St Mark’s, the home of the 18-dollar coffee 🙂 In St Mark’s Square, Venice, there are a series of cafes. If you go inside and order a coffee at the bar it will cost you around a €1…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. The Altare della Patria is a controversial building in Rome. Known as “The Typewriter” by many because of its design, the stark white ‘Altar of the Fatherland’ is dedicated to Victor Emmanuel II – the first king of modern Italy – and…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. They say that there are only two things in life that are guaranteed: death, and taxes. But to that, I would add ‘traffic jams’. Even (or perhaps especially) on the water, when you get differing transport options sharing the same…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This is the outside of St Peter’s Basilica, which (strictly speaking) isn’t in Rome. Why? Because it’s in the Vatican – a separate state that is wholly within the confines of Rome. Vatican City State, to give it the…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. Venice is not just about gondola rides. It’s also about magnificent glass, and centuries of art – and about masks. The mask is synonymous with Venice, and the Carnival of Venice – which dates back around 950 years. When we were…
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