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Hotels from some of Expedia’s top trending destinations for August
Have you ever been on a cruise? I’ve done several and every time the subject comes up, the person I’m talking to says “I don’t know if I’d like it.” Well, I’ve been on cruises designed for honeymooners and love birds, I’ve climbed rock walls and ice skated on ships for families and I’ve drifted… Continue reading A Guide to Cruising the High Seas
Forget fancy restaurants – everything you need to know about Thai food can be found on the busy streets of Bangkok. Across the city, stalls open at the crack of dawn and serve up hundreds of portions of cheap, chilli-spiked food until late at night. With only a few hundred baht in your pocket, you… Continue reading Bangkok’s Five Essential Street Eats
Unique Sleeps: Amazing hotels hand picked by Expedia Experts. The Middle East isn’t just about sand dunes and shopping malls. You can check-in by paraglider at Oman’s Six Senses Zighy Bay and you won’t want to leave.
An alien, a chicken and a teddy bear walk into a bar … Ok, it’s a Chinese Restaurant and the punch line isn’t very funny. Chicken Little is about to lose his head. He’ll never know what’s coming. One minute, he’s sitting in a bamboo steamer basket, the next he’s lunch. Where is this place… Continue reading Disney Does Dim Sum
Chaotic traffic, colonial buildings, peaceful temples and pulsing nightclubs – Shanghai is a place of contrasts. The city is evolving at a breathless pace, leading the way for the rest of China. It’s the number one destination for Expedia’s Kiwi Travellers heading to China, who usually stop by for around three days – here’s our… Continue reading Time Travel: Shanghai Old and New
Hotels from some of Expedia’s top trending destinations for July
I swam with a bomb detecting dolphin in Tahiti. She was retired from the US Navy (I’m resisting jokes about Navy Seals. Boom!) and now she lives in a lagoon on the island of Moorea, being hand fed by adoring trainers and whizzing around her pools when humans jump in. Hina is a bottlenose dolphin… Continue reading Three Dolphin Swims not to be Missed