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Archives for August 2014

How To Survive Ibiza With Your Dignity Intact

 Ibiza, it happened. I’ve finally conquered every ageing party-goers dream of visiting sin city and lived to tell the tales. If you're not careful, Ibiza could remind you of the cask wine, boob tubes and glow sticks from your Schoolies days. Fancy some tips on how to survive Ibiza with your dignity intact? Sure you do! SIDENOTE: If you’re an avid traveller like me, you’ll agree that only a couple of places in the world are frightening – war zones for one, Surfer’s Paradise for another, and then ... Read More

A Modern Twist on Artful Chic: The Hotel Claris Barcelona

The luxury design Hotel Claris Barcelona is anything but your typical five-star, 500-million plus room chain hotel. Perfectly complimenting the architectural audaciousness of the city that surrounds it, Hotel Claris is a wonderland full of curiosities and class and I feel like Alice exploring a new artful realm inside a hotel rabbit-hole. Except the rabbit-hole is a modern metal-and-glass building encased in the shell of an old 18th Century Palace called Verdruna, and the antiquities, like the ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Travel Writer Nina Karnikowski

After visiting all of the secret bohemian nooks and crannies around the world, you could definitely say that Nina Karnikowski is one of those truly free spirits, and the perfect example of an imaginative traveler. After spending two years as the full-time staff-writer for the Sydney Morning Herald's Traveller sections on Saturday and Sunday, she has decided to branch out on her own, having just launched her online folio and journal, Travels With Nina, which adds a different type of creative, ... Read More

10 Types of Airport Travelers: Close Encounters of the Airport Kind

10 Types of Airport Travelers The Airport Weirdo The airport weirdo is that guy you spotted muttering to himself at check-in. He was that dude blatantly staring at you in the airport newsagency line. He may have even been the weirdo chucking his best Gary Busci at Customs. Whoever he was and wherever you spotted him doesn’t really matter. What matters is that because you’ve laid eyes on the airport weirdo it’s almost guaranteed he’ll be lining up at your gate, boarding your flight and ... Read More

My Carry On Essentials & Plane Beauty

My Carry On Essentials As a travel writer, it's important that I don't spend hours and hours of precious time at home agonising over what to take in my carry-on bag. Thankfully, traveling overseas as often as I do has given me ample opportunity to hone my sweet packing skills for long-haul flights. Gone are the days when I was so eager to use the plane time to catch-up on less-urgent work and research that I'd pretty much pack everything but the kitchen sink. I mean literally, it was like I was ... Read More

Jungle Book Luxe: Natura Resort and Spa Hotel Bali

Natura Resort and Spa Hotel Bali Praise the lord; it is possible to stay in the lap of luxury without dropping one month’s pay on a one-night stay! There are plenty of smaller 4 and 5-star resorts in Bali that are just as breathtaking, just as accommodating and just as unique (maybe even more so) than your normal run-of-the-mill big name brand hotels. One of these places is Natura Resort and Spa in Ubud. Set high on a mountain-top overlooking the lush and vibrant jungle of Petanu River below, ... Read More