Posts made during November, 2009
Holidays with Sheep!
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
I was in the newsagency today checking out travel magazines and by gosh is there a lot to choose from. I remember a few years back (okay it was quite a few years back) when there was Vogue Entertaining + Travel and that was about it. There were over 30 different titles in my local newsagency covering just about everything to do with travel (except holidaying with sheep – which you think would be a big hit in New Zealand). There are travel magazines targeting couples, travelling with kids, retirees, luxury travel, backpacking, walking holidays, cruise holidays, island holidays and even one called… (read more)
The world’s top 10 party towns.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
In today’s Age newspaper there was a piece on the world’s top 10 party towns – which came from Lonely Planet’s list in it’s new guide ‘1000 Ultimate experiences’. Here’s the list:
1. Belgrade, Serbia
2. Montreal, Canada
3. Buenos Aires, Argentina
On ya bike.
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Yesterday I went for a two hour bike ride on the bike track around Port Phillip Bay. It was a beautiful hot spring day (the 6th day in a row over 30 degrees) and it really is quite a lovely bike track that weaves through bush, past cafes and grand beachside homes and, best of all, along the beach (as in right next to the sand and lots of girls in bikinis). The Port Phillip Bay bike track even made it into the top 10 bike rides of the world according to the Guardian newspaper a couple of years back (read it here). It’s the only one I’ve actually done on their list, too. There was also a list… (read more)
World’s worst airport?
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
I’ve spent a lot of time in departure lounges this year and it’s actually nice to be ‘grounded’ for a little while (although I did pilot a 737 last week!). In the past 10 months I’ve had 38 flights and passed through 24 different airports (and around 200 airport shops that I wandered aimlessly around in with no intent on buying anything). In one of my long flights this year I wrote down all the airports I have been to in my travels over the years (and yes I was bored – I’d seen all the movies and read the inflight magazine twice). I have passed through 142 airports… (read more)
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
On the weekend I flew a Boeing 737-300 and successfully landed it at Melbourne airport. Well, I may have run off the runway a couple of times on landing but I did manage to get back on it by the time we came to a stop. Okay, I was actually in a 737 simulator at the Ansett Aviation Training centre at Melbourne Airport. And it was so much fun. It was part of an ‘event’ with the Australian Society of Travel Writers, which included a very nice lunch of yabbie risotto and kangaroo steaks at the Airport Hilton, then a few of us stayed the night (it was so weird staying at an airport hotel without actually going anywhere) before our morning lesson in the simulator. It was all very realistic… (read more)