Heading north out of Wanaka, in the South Island of New Zealand, State Highway 6 bridges a young Clutha River. The river is glacier fed and even at the height of summer the water temperature is still what might be called “refreshing”. Standing on the bridge it’s easy to spot trout flirting with local fisherman. [...]

San Francisco…when you get there, do all the usual suspects: Golden Gate Bridge, fresh crab in Fisherman’s Wharf, shopping on Maiden Lane, burritos in the Mission District, “water pipes” in Upper Haight.
Then do some other things that you might have never done here before.
1. Stay at the newly re-opened Hotel Vertigo. It’s in the midst [...]

Impulsive Air New Zealand grab-a-seat flights to Nouvelle Calédonie led to a quick holiday that turned out to be very different from what we had been planning and expecting.
The first surprise was a pleasant one. I had never realised that such a tasty slice of France existed only 2 and a half hours from my [...]