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new stroies ·Magical close encounters
·Catching Mexican waves
·Drifting among island gems
·Angel's song on river of kings
·Hit the water with a purpose
·Visit of the royal giants
·Going with the flow
·Classic ferry tales
·Cruise into a fascinating past
·The sound of luxury
·Mexican cruise in lap of luxury
·Toast Melbourne at the Novotel
·A warm Antarctic reception
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Magical close encounters
AROUND us the sea is boiling with leaping kawhai being dive-bombed by greedy gannets and gluttonous muttonbirds. By the time we can get closer, the feeding frenzy ceases and the birds are bobbing about on the heaving water, their bellies too full to
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Catching Mexican waves
WANT a room with a view? What about a room with an ever-changing view, including a dozen of the most stunning sights you will cast your eyes on, across 2000km of land and sea? Welcome to one of the delights of cruising. Not having cruised before, I
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Drifting among island gems
The World steamed out of Bora Bora on the next leg of its circumnavigation, dwarfing the tiny motus that form a necklace of sand and palm islets around the pearl of the Pacific. She was imperious and, in cruise-ship terms, a giant, her 12 decks of a
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Angel's song on river of kings
ARRIVE in Bangkok world-weary and bleary-eyed, and head to Chao Phraya River to blow away the cobwebs and taste life at a slower pace. For while Bangkok Thailand's frenetic city of angels has a reputation less than angelic in its heady mix of chaoti
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Hit the water with a purpose
YOU'RE stretched out in a chair as your ship speeds toward a distant outpost, nothing beyond the bow but empty space. You see a man with a red polyester shirt, a woman in a short dress, both sporting matching upside-down V's. You move to another dec
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Visit of the royal giants
SHE'S big, bold and beautiful, and at first light on a hopefully clear Tuesday she will be feted by a Sydney reception befitting ocean royalty. Cunard's Queen Mary 2 , the world's largest ocean liner, makes her long-awaited first visit to our shores
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Going with the flow
IT'S hard to believe as you walk through the main tourist hub of Echuca among tourists snapping photos of people in period costume that it was once one of the roughest and busiest ports in Australia, with 78 pubs servicing a population of 5000. The
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Classic ferry tales
FERRY trips are a lot more than a watery way to get from A to B. Some of them showcase some of the world's best scenery. We check out the best of them. WAIHEKE ISLAND , AUCKLAND By Susan Kurosawa AUCKLAND, like Sydney and San Francisco, Hong Kong an
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Cruise into a fascinating past
FOR centuries, the cave served the tribe well. From its cool depths, they could shelter from the heat or watch for waterfowl arriving on the lagoon. Here they could gather to hear the elders tell their stories of the creation and watch proud hunters
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The sound of luxury
SUDDENLY the window of our cabin is filled by the sight of a huge rock, tree and mist covered cliffs. After three days of nothing but the rolling Tasman Sea, the view is awesome. We have arrived in New Zealand's Milford Sound, the first "port" of ca
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Mexican cruise in lap of luxury
YOU want a room with a view? What about a room with an ever-changing view, including a dozen of the most stunning sights you will cast your eyes on across 2000km of land and sea. Welcome to one of the delights of cruising. Not having cruised before,
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Toast Melbourne at the Novotel
Fun, fashion and fine wine - Melbourne is fab in Autumn. Hunt for edgy new labels and gorgeous boutiques hidden in the citys twisting and turning lanes and arcades. Check out the variety of stores at Melbournes hot new fashion precincts GPO, QV and
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A warm Antarctic reception
Working at an isolated research station is a lonely life Mar 15, 2007 04:30 AM Adam Mayers Toronto Star Vernadsky Station, Antarctica–It is lonely being a Ukrainian scientist marooned for a year at a time on this low-lying island just off the coast
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