Long haul air travel can be a real drag: cramped flights, aggressive security and bad food immediately spring to mind.
It gets worse when a very long transit stop is included.
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Nov
25
Nov
What does tourist-central Sydney look like on a perfect spring day? Huge crowds line Circular Quay’s rounded shore like it’s the planet’s best natural amphitheatre, no ticket required.
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CultureEpicureanFeaturesIndulgence
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17
Jun
The day began sunny and bright… again. No wonder this town is regularly nominated as having the world’s best climate.
Ajijic is where the days and nights meld together in near perfect meteorological unity, a Goldilocks kind of town, not too hot, not too cold; just right.
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CultureEpicureanFeaturesWundering
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13
Dec
Australia is well known internationally for its vibrant regional tourism, primarily driven by landscapes and wildlife. Ask a typical international traveller what they think of rural Australia and they’ll likely respond in one of two ways: wildlife: kangaroos, koalas and maybe platypus or landscape: Uluru, Great Barrier Reef and maybe Kakadu.
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EpicureanThe Naked Truth
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I can see white truffles from my window
Truffles, tartufo, truffes; it all means the same thing to me, a drug infused gourmet experience, an aphrodisiacal high, edible gold.
Alba, in Italy’s north western Piedmont province, hosts an annual autumn truffle fair that draws in roving gourmands from afar. Apparently the afar extends mostly to Germany as there are so many Germans here that I believe they’ve rented the entire town.
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EpicureanIndulgence
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