Pamela Wade flies QF64 from South Africa to Australia.

At Waikiki it's never a question of how long you want your ride to be. You've only got to think about how you're going to get back.

Courtney Whitaker gets the royal treatment at a luxurious bar with an important address.

With a Michelin-star restaurant, butlers and high speed Wi-Fi onboard, it's no wonder prices start at $50k.

The Eastern Med is awash with great ports for cruise ships to call at. Pamela Wade picks some of the best.

The West Coast of the USA is home to some of the country's best plonk, finds Leila George.

Some flights are more turbulent than others and the grubbiest place on a plane isn't the toilet...

Journalist Jakub Kyncl was granted a rare chance to photograph the historic tombs.

Ellie Hutchinson flies PR218 across the Ditch.

Finland's city dwellers make the most of short, sweet summers, sweltering in social saunas, plunging into dockside pools and skinny-dipping by the light of the moon, writes Sarah Marshall.

Even a short stay is long enough to glimpse why the Misty Isle of Skye is one of Scotland's most popular tourist attractions.

With its caves, magnificent bristlecone forests and isolated star-gazing opportunities, visitors to this national park are in for a visual feast both above and below ground.

Scott Kara's family holiday gets off to a false start aboard NZ296 to Apia.

From petals arranged on the bed in a penis shape to permission to bring a hamster, hotels have fielded some strange requests.

After being inspired by another family's travel blog, Bay of Plenty couple Sophie Stokes and her partner Carl Dickens are going backpacking ... with 4 kids in tow.

Top off activity-filled days with happy hour mai tais, writes online guru Eli Orzessek.

The number of daily visitors to the historic palace was limited to 1500 before 2006, but now it receives around 5000 a day.

The world beneath its waters is the colourful attraction of this rough and raw tropical islet, writes Inger Vos.

The true core of the city of love and light is its food, top chef Raymond Blanc tells Ella Walker.

Sandy Kilgour checks in at the Nautilus Resort, Muri Beach, Rarotonga.

Shandelle Battersby flies from New Zealand to a tropical holiday in the Cook Island abroad flight NZ748.

Driving into Hong Kong from the airport for my first ever visit, I'm struck by how green this fast-paced and high-energy Asian city is.

The beer! At the time I moved to Portland there were 35 breweries in the city. Now, a little over 5 years later we have 72.

Xenia Taliotis checks into an elegant Tuscan hotel and decides to never leave.

Jesse Mulligan ventures three hours north of Melbourne to discover a region with enough eating delight to make him a very happy man.

Captain Awesome helps Chris Daniels become his sons' coconut hero in Raro.

Argamasilla de Alba, a weather-beaten village of 7000 people, claims to be Miguel de Cervantes' hometown, writes Susana Vera.

Winston Aldworth flies EY486 from the United Arab Emirates to Australia.

Corazon Miller checks into the Kingfisher Bay Resort on Queensland's Fraser Island.

Food, fine wine and fireworks make for an unforgettable stay in the City by the Bay, writes Greg Fleming.