A glass half full of…sake!
I’ve always considered sake to be one of those drinks that should be treated with extreme caution. Potentially lethal for the uninitiated. So I eye the…
I’ve always considered sake to be one of those drinks that should be treated with extreme caution. Potentially lethal for the uninitiated. So I eye the…
What makes a good blog? My Facebook friends – many of them fellow travel writers – had a lot to say on the matter when I…
There’s a double meaning behind my choice of blog name. Of course, the obvious one is that I’m an optimist at heart. I always tend to…
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I started this blog. But it was too much like work. I wasn’t having fun – and,…
One of my favourite travel images…for the sheer exhuberance of being in this beautiful place, an atoll in the Cook Islands (one of my favourite places…
My trusty old suitcase, which has been my constant companion to airports, hotels, cruise ships, road trips and more for about a decade, has finally cried “enough!”. I…
With all the talk of this week’s “super moon”, I wanted to share this wonderful image from Wellington’s Carter Observatory, taken by Sally Eyre. In Maori, the…
With bodies as black, as wet and as gleaming as the rocks they recline on, seals are prolific along the New Zealand coastline. Once your eyes…
For such a small place, Kaikoura offers a lot to do. Maori culture can be explored in many ways throughout New Zealand, but one of the…
Candice from Canada is totally intrigued. What is paua? What does it look like? She’s seen the shells, all iridescent blues and purples…but what is the…