Travel

This will be my last report from Dubai, before I flit off to have other adventures in different countries. Because the majority, or over 80 percent of the Dubai population of 4.5 million is a large international block of foreigners, I felt you could be in

They came, silently swinging their powerful bodies through the trees, their faces vigilant, velvet dark eyes wary. We froze. My breakfast companions had arrived!

I had the most scary experience I have ever had in my whole driving life! I decided to go and find a shopping centre here in Dubai, that has approx. 4.5 million people and 80% are ex-pats of well over 100 nationalities!

Of course, there is no way I could, or anyone else for that matter. This Frenchman, also referred to as the French Spiderman, has no challengers in his field.

Taking a taxi into the Dubai to the Gold Souk provided me with an answer to why I never see any Police or Traffic Officers in Dubai.

Buenos Aires is often called the Paris of South America because of its grand old buildings and leafy boulevards which give the city a European ambience, but we found it much friendlier and relaxed than Paris with music and tango dancing in the streets.

If you are planning to visit Tauranga here is a list, in no particular order, of my favourite things to see and do.

After watching the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel you might well be tempted to pack up your bags and go to India. But would it be the right destination for you?

Invercargill, The Southernmost City in New Zealand might seem like the back of beyond to most Aucklanders but it has a lot to offer as we discovered recently at the biannual gathering of the 69er Massey Veterinary Class.

If you had told me a few weeks ago that I would be paddling a canoe in the backwaters of Kerala I would I would not have believed it.