Langkawi Cable Car, Malaysia

Langkawi Cable Car, Malaysia

Its pretty unusual seeing women wearing head scarfs getting into a cable car. Its even more unusual to be doing it your self it shorts and sweating! The locals had their cardigans and jackets though – because at the top of the Langkawi cable car – its actually surprisingly cool – over 700m above sealevel…

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Rail Cruising: Self Drive Railway in Rotorua

Well this is cool  – New Zealanders are quite good at inventing new ways to make money from tourists – the bungy jump is of course the most famous one. But this is the newest: self-drive on a railway with a petrol-hybrid smart car! The rail cruiser was designed to run on a disused stretch…

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Waitomo Caves: Returning After 28 Years

approach to the Waitomo glow worm cave

”They” say its not a good idea to return to a place of happy memories. My memories of Waitomo’s Caves were vaguely happy, they may indeed have been very happy, but thanks to a rather large amount of alcohol that was consumed on that trip, the details are fuzzy. Twenty-eight years later I figured it…

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Photo of the Day: Bell Gorge Western Australia

swimming Bell Gorge Western Australia

The smile says it all! I was sooo looking forward to this swim. Bell Gorge is a camping site on station on the Gibb River Road, Western Australia. We’d driven all day on dusty, rutted roads, knowing that somewhere near the camp site was a crocodile free swimming hole! We arrived about an hour before…

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