Tips by Deana Bianco
Photos by Valery Gherman
The best part of winter in New York City is completely avoiding it by taking a trip to somewhere warm. Sick of the cold winds, gray skies, and the hustle and bustle, Valery and I packed our bags and headed to Tulum, Mexico. The name Tulum rang [...]

New York, NY  Happy Paws Pet Resort
For all the dog owners living in NYC, Happy Paws is everything you would want for your dog while you are on vacation. Your dog will live in the lap of luxury while you get some rest and relaxation from the hustle and bustle. I was so [...]

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Story by Nick Cann
Photos by Peter Hunt
A great plus for visitors to Belfast is that it is a city easily explored on foot. Whether shop, bar or restaurant hopping, nearly everything and anywhere of note is no more than a stroll away from the city centre hotels.
If Belfast City Centre were a cake it [...]

Shanghai is an amazing city of extremes. The potent clash of east meets west and undefinable wealth meets subsistence living. Once grand 1930’s French colonial homes are now jammed with families, their laundry strung like decorations on every spare wire, tree and frame. Elderly ladies push stacked wooden carts and sell fresh produce on [...]

I was born in the Bay at Napier and recently returned there for a job. Hawkes Bay, or Hawke Bay to the purists, is a fantastic place to visit in summer time as it is so hot and arid. You can practically see the heat shimmer off the hills. There is a great Farmers [...]

Article by Marion Hume
Photos by Adam Worling
Stockholm is a divine winter city. Doubtless, it’s a divine summer city too, but in winter (wrap up warm) it is one of those Northern European cities, which really does capture the spirit of Christmas. Go around 13th December and thus enjoy the feast of Santa [...]

Tips by Marion Hume and Karen Walker
Amsterdam, Pompadour
In the city of coffee shops (where a grande cafe means a place to see and be seen and a coffee shop means a place you got to get hashish and space cakes) mistakes could be, um, surprising, whereas heading to the city’s most famous teashop you [...]

My first impression of the Caribbean was amazing and memorable: as our plane declined in altitude and descended upon the rickety runway, I witnessed the breathtaking view of Flamenco Beach on the Island of Culebra. A scene that quite literally left me breathless and was only an enticing taste of what was to come.
Flamenco Beach [...]

The flight to Noumea out of Auckland is only 2hrs and 40mins. It’s shorter than a flight to Sydney. Most road-trips anywhere in the world take longer than that. It feels like the equivalent to a short walk to the shops in air travel time, but it’s all for the better as [...]