At long last I feel confident enough to venture overseas again after the Covid pandemic and am heading off on an adventure to see 'the best of the Stans". As always there are multiple flights involved in getting from Tasmania to anywhere overseas. After flight 3 which was a 10.5-hour flight from Sydney to Seoul, I had a 24-hour stopover. Not sure of the timing for getting in and out of Seoul City I opted to explore the area of Incheon close to the airport. Inch...

I never imagined that COVID would still be rife in the world this year resulting in another holiday at home. This time I take a trip to far North Queensland traveling via the Savannah Way. From Cairns, with its reef and rainforest, the Savannah Way is a vast untouched region stretching from the coast right across to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Gulf Savannah winds its way up through the Atherton Tablelands before opening out to the endless horizons of savannah gr...

With the world still impacted by the global pandemic that is COVID we still cannot entertain the thought of international travel for a while yet so decided to hire a car and do a road trip for a few weeks. All too often a trip to this area involves a visit to the city of Brisbane and then the coastal areas of the Gold Coast to the South and Sunshine Coast to the north. South East Queensland is Australia's fastest-growing region and has so much more to offer than...

Who would have thought that there would be no travel for a year thanks to a global pandemic? Not something I ever expected to see in my lifetime. We have had 3 international trips canceled and are only just being allowed to travel domestically. There has been a big push to "travel local" encouraging people to see their own slice of the world as well as boosting the local economy which has taken a nosedive. And so we set off for a visit to the Tasman Peninsula ...

Machu Picchu Pueblo (formally known as Aguas Calientes) Machu Picchu Pueblo is a town in the Urubamba River Valley whose sole purpose is tourism. There are only 2 ways into town: by rail or by foot. It began life early in the 20th century when the railroad was constructed through the mountains. It's known for its thermal baths (Aguas Calientes means Hot Waters in Spanish) and as a gateway to the nearby Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. We were fortunate enough to...