Category: Travel
Gold Coast Queensland, Australia – Where I live.
These days I live on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coast is about an hour’s drive south of Brisbane, the Queensland State capital. The climate on the Gold Coast is sub tropical. Not too hot or humid, and not too cold. Personally I find it a bit too warm and favor air [...]
Have you ever felt ill after a plane flight?
Commercial airliners are very safe right? I mean they have all those engineers testing stuff, pilot checks and procedures, air traffic control, pre-flight safety briefings and so on. It is easy to get the impression that safety is a key concern, if not obsession. But have you ever felt unwell after a plane flight? Have [...]
A window into the past.
Last night I watched a fascinating documentary on SBS: The Thirties In Color. Color footage from that era is very rare and being an avid people watcher (the nice sort, don’t worry!) I was looking forward to a color window into the past. Black and white simply does not have the same ‘life’ and seems [...]
Where to go for travel advice?
Knowing where to go for good travel advice can be a mystery for some people. Where will you find good reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts, vacation and travel packages? TripAdvisor – Unbiased hotel reviews, photos and travel advice for hotels and vacations – Compare prices with just one click. I have looked into TripAdvisor and [...]
Be careful where you travel.
Earlier today I was shocked to read of a report that earlier this year British tourist Keith Brown was jailed for four years after a microscopic speck of cannabis was found on the sole of his shoe in the United Arab Emirates. A rather long and unpleasant holiday! If true, this appears to be an [...]
