| Natasha von Geldern Wandering Kiwi |     |
Arts, eats and music: Exploring Melbourne’s Fitzroy
IT’S grungy, it’s trendy, it’s the place to be in Melbourne: Brunswick Street in the inner city suburb of Fitzroy has bags of character and some of Melbourne’s best cheap eats. Decades of…
Bukhara: Uzbekistan’s Silk Road wonder
BUKHARA has been an oasis in Uzbekistan’s dry landscape since before the days of the Silk Road trading routes and seeing the flowering of Islamic architecture here is a shortcut to travel paradise….
An unpleasant but necessary trip: War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City
A visit to the Museum of War Remnants in Ho Chi Minh City is exactly how not to have a pleasant holiday experience, yet it is a “must do” for every tourist to…
Eating out in Hong Kong? Just follow the locals
HONG KONG is famed for its culinary delights and the rule for eating well is of course to follow the locals. On my first night in Hong Kong it was the fresh mango…
Delhi up close: India Gate
IN Delhi manic traffic, dense air pollution and struggling humanity contrast with spectacular architecture and aspirational town planning. Nowhere more so than at India Gate. It may not have the attraction of famous…
A relaxing retreat in Daylesford, Australia
NATURAL mineral springs, goldrush-era architecture and a burgeoning food and wine scene make Daylesford one of the most popular weekend breaks out of Melbourne. Nestled in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges just…
New Zealand’s other West Coast
MANY visitors to New Zealand chart the obligatory tour up the west coast of the south island: the glaciers, the lakes, the wild coastline. But the west coast of the North Island also…
The romance of Udaipur
HAVING lunch at Jagat Niwas, reclining on cushions in a private window alcove framed by scalloped archways, I concluded that Udaipur must be the most romantic place in India, if not the world….
Review: Hobart’s MONA Gallery
DESCENDING into the bowels of a deep pit hacked out of a sandstone cliff. That’s what it feels like entering the Tasmanian capital of Hobart’s newest big attraction. The Museum of Old and…
Nepal: A trekker’s life in Namche Bazaar
NAMCHE Bazaar is a Nepali mountain village that has been transformed by the trekking industry. I’m not sure quite what I expected of this famous Himalayan town but satellite TV and cyber cafes…
