The Matakana Markets are the current market du jour for any discerning new-wave hippie, organics fanatic, straw hat-wearing, coffee drinking, Blackberry toting city slicker with a penchant for escaping the city of a weekend and discovering real living again.
Located 35-40mins drive north of Auckland, the Matakana Markets are one of the little pearls that Matakana [...]

After traveling the world staying in amazing hotels for work, eating at five star restaurants and being (mostly) treated like a princess, I figured for my own holiday I would head off the beaten track for a much-needed change of scenery. In some ways, I saw this trip as an opportunity to get back to [...]

Photo by Hayley Anderson
When wandering the back streets of Granma, a small island in southern Cuba, this waif-like child appeared around the corner. Her dress in tatters, barefooted and playing with an old iron ‘hoop’ she was oblivious to me waiting for my ‘decisive moment’. A moment where I would try to capture, [...]

Many people have not yet discovered the wonders of the small luxury hotel, and to them I am eternally grateful.
It is their naivity and lack of taste that will surely keep these little treasures of private accommodation and hospitality safe from the ruins of mass transit tourism and discount price deals all over the world.
It [...]