At a loose end one cold weekend, we hired a car and drove from London to the gorgeous little village of Rye in East Sussex.

Greece.

Yeah for Waitangi day, best day around! Oddly enough the best place in the world to celebrate Waitangi day is not in New Zealand but in London.

Nobody ever really wants to go to Seoul, unless they are flying KE and have to do a stop over.

Flying has never been so difficult, too much choice and too many options. I thought I was being smart and joined a frequent flyer programme that was affiliated to a credit card. In other words I got a credit card and got myself into a lot of debt.

Traveling on the Kiwi dollar has never been fun, especially when hanging out with our English cousins (although the pound is not so sound at the moment).

Super duper deals, super options and super suck service, welcome to the advent of budget airlines.

There are millions of reasons to be happy this time of year in the Gold Coast. Some of them are free and some of them are steep, whatever the cost they can all be found at the Gold Coast Turf Club.

With time on my hands, New Zealand photographer Gina Smith invited me to be her assistant at a photo shoot.

Ye olde Phuket, who would have thought it? Hidden away from most of the tourists (those who only want to go to girly bars and Pattong) is one of Thailand’s hidden gems.