http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Travel headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:00:03 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=7 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10631785&ref=rss Forget bungee jumping and whitewater rafting ... this is real adventure holidaying.Not just getting to within centimetres of a great white shark, but putting one hand inside its jaws ... and being able to take it out again.The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630925&ref=rss It's hard to believe anyone would choose the crackle of distant cannon fire and a very dated 360-degree wall painting over the in-your-face effects of movies and theme parks.But annually more than 200,000 people visit the Waterloo... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10631445&ref=rss The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot.In... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:59:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10631065&ref=rss When I think Australia, I think Sydney or Melbourne and briefly picture the Outback.But, although it's Australia's third-biggest city and attracts more international holidaymakers than Melbourne, I don't know much - well, anything... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630924&ref=rss The darkness of the 8.5km long Otira tunnel marks the dramatic transition from one side of the Southern Alps to the other.Before the TranzAlpine train entered the tunnel we had been climbing up the ruggedly beautiful mountain... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630916&ref=rss Sixty-three years ago when Rita Angus did her famous picture of Cass Railway Station - voted a few years ago as New Zealand's greatest painting - she depicted a small figure sitting on the platform, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10631069&ref=rss There was a time when I was convinced Birmingham was the most glamorous city in the universe. The year was 1984. I was 14 and obsessed with Duran Duran. The walls of my bedroom were smothered with pages ripped out of Smash Hits ... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:57 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630904&ref=rss Never underestimate the benefits of tedium. Nearly 150 years ago, three little girls got so bored on a slow upstream row along the Thames from Oxford to a summer picnic that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to amuse them on... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630896&ref=rss Unless you're lucky enough to be on a six-star cruise ship, staying overnight on a boat can often involve a lot of ducking under low doorways, squeezing into tiny shower cubicles and peering through murky portholes. Boats aren't exactly... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630650&ref=rss My partner (who lives in the UK) and I are planning to meet up somewhere in South America for a fortnight over the Easter break this year. We're in our late 20s/early 30s, on a budget, and want a mix of outdoor and cultural activities,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630899&ref=rss What a fantastic asset the Hauraki Gulf is. And how lucky we are to have it on the doorstep of our biggest city. But what a pity we don't make more use of its marvellous recreational potential.Just think: 4000sq km of (reasonably)... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630646&ref=rss Have you met the crocodile that lived in the bath?As I'm asked the question it strikes me that the line could be a great start to a children's book.But the story isn't fiction. And I have met the crocodile that lived in the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10631066&ref=rss House of Travel has seven-night packages to Phuket flying V Australia from $1599 a person. Package includes return flights ex Auckland or Christchurch, taxes, seven nights at the four-star Duangjitt Resort & Spa including breakfast,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630644&ref=rss There were bats everywhere. Thousands of them. Disturbed by our lights they poured out of the caverns where they had been sleeping, zoomed past so close I could feel the wind of their tiny wings, and disappeared into the tunnels leading... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630253&ref=rss An Irishman on a working holiday in New Zealand is urging travellers to shop around after he asked a travel agent for the cheapest flights from Auckland to New York - and then found a rival agent who beat the quote by nearly $450.Gerard... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10630295&ref=rss I've always dreaded the schlep of getting to ski resorts, particularly the transfer from the airport. All that lurching around hairpin bends with the heating on full blast as the vehicle crawls up the mountain is enough to turn anyone... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200