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| How to avoid dying in a plane crash |
| Flying in the developing world is 13 times more dangerous than flying in first world countries, according to a new study. |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48 a.m. |
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| Foreign food not to everyone's taste |
| I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintive Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."A fellow Australia explained... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:30 a.m. |
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| South-East Asia: Dare to savour Timor in the raw |
| I was at an ATM withdrawing money when I caught sight of 10 Australian travellers giggling and milling around."A coconut. We should so get one of those," said one of the girls to a street hawker. "How much for that hat? What about... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Don't miss: River Kwai Bridge Week |
| In World War II the railway line between Thailand and Burma was built by Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers to give the Japanese an overland supply route. It became known as the Death Railway for the terrible loss of life... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Close to home: Striking sculptures |
| The first New Zealand exhibition by internationally renowned sculptor Ron Mueck runs at Christchurch Art Gallery, October 2 to January 23. Mueck is known for extraordinarily lifelike, compelling sculptures that represent all stages... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Off the rails, on the trail |
| New Zealand's Clutha River once literally ran with gold. Nuggets washed up on its beaches and, during an 1860s gold rush, it was said to be the richest gold-bearing river in the world. More than 40,000 miners crammed its banks as well as the front bars of the 42 pubs and three opium dens in the riverside town of Clyde. In the pub at Dunstan House, girls coloured like peacocks would dance on the tables. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:06 p.m. |
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| A hedonist's guide to wine country |
| By day three in French wine country, I'm feeling like an extra in the classic 1970s film La Grande Bouffe, in which Marcello Mastroianni and company retire to a country villa to gorge themselves to death. It's impossible to know what tips me over the edge. Is it the risotto of frog's legs and snails at the Michelin-starred Hostellerie de Levernois? Or perhaps the parliament of cheeses I hoover at the end of that six-course degustation? |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:04 p.m. |
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| Living it up on an island |
| Fiji and Rarotonga seem to be the Pacific Islands of choice for those wanting sun and surf, but after a recent holiday in Tonga, I would argue it deserves a second look. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:04 p.m. |
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| Climb every mountain |
| Marty Schmidt might have been born in California but he considers himself a Kiwi, feeling more connected to the South Island and being able to climb and ski without crowds. "I visit California most years to climb and ski, but my heart and calling is in New Zealand," he says. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:12 a.m. |
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| South America: So Machu more |
| Paddington Bear came from "darkest Peru". What a fortunate fictional character he is. Peru is a bewitching country where the people are warm, the Kiwi dollar goes a (relatively) long way and the sights just keep on coming. There's... |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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