Travel Throwback: Twitter travel freebies beat media munching

An Englishman has flitted his way around the world, flying top airlines and rubbing shoulders with scintillating people, for practically nothing. He used the social media phenomenon Twitter to obtain free travel from fellow users.

Cruisey Cambodia

World traveller, Ros Freeman, lies back and lets the Mekong do its magic.

Sitting on the Sun Deck, sipping a welcome cocktail, I immediately slipped into cruise mode. Surrounding me was an excited contingent of travellers, ahead the adventure of nine days cruising the languid waters of Cambodia and Vietnam.

Palau: Adventures in Paradise

Tiny Palau is one nation fighting the good fight for environmental awareness. World traveller Ros Freeman island-hops her way to this speck in the Pacific to investigate.

The Top Heritage Hotels of Asia

1 Raffles Hotel Singapore

It’s hard not to tip your hat to Singapore’s Raffles Hotel as the top heritage hotel in South East Asia. Dating back to 1887, with the main building and rooms completed in 1899, it is entirely authentic and dripping with history. 

Egypt: Raise a Sail on the Nile

The ancient city of Aswan is just one of the highlights of an Intrepid Travel tour of Egypt

Words: Roderick Eime

Ahmed manhandles the rigging with all the aplomb of a practised hand. There’s just the right amount of wind to fill the big lateen sail and propel us along at an impressive clip.

How a hobby for vintage vinyl and retro HiFi influenced a luxury Thai hotel brand

Devasom Resort Hua Hin has its own type of time machine. Just listen.

When Ath Atirak carefully drops the stylus onto the vinyl, he can feel himself being transported back to another era.

Only in India

Chaotic, colourful, captivating. World traveller, Ros Freeman, immerses herself in the delicious frenzy that can only be 'incredible' India.

Greece: Antiparos Holiday

My favourite holiday destination is a small island in Greece called Antiparos (population of just over 1,000) which I’ve been visiting for over 25 years. The first time I went there as a backpacker was in 1982 - then the island was mainly visited by Scandinavians and Italians, and very rarely did the locals see an Australian tourist.