Kate Camp shares her experience of visiting the former battlefields of Ypres in Belgium.

Auckland Airport advises holiday-goers travelling over summer to arrive at the airport an additional 30 minutes earlier to avoid congestion.

With everything from whale-watching to markets on offer, it's easy to see why Vancouver has been named one of the world's most liveable cities.

In a castle in Scotland, Kevin Pilley quaffs mead in the search of a new coiffure.

Mancunian Steve McCabe revisits his hometown and finds a cosmopolitan city has sprung up among the dark satanic mills.

Michael Zehender rounds up the seagoing palaces entering the water for the first time next year.

The brash, bold Texas of JR Ewing's day is still there, but is now overlaid with a veneer of culture, writes Samuel Muston.

Pamela Wade meets some cute Kiwi expats on an island near Perth.

In one region in Italy, some are rethinking the future of tourism, writes Venetia Sherson.

Paul Rush, a roving hobbit, discovers the true meaning of the 'craic' in the west of Ireland.

Off the Japanese coast, Eric Young explores an island where stunning art meets brilliant architecture.

Take a walk on the wild side without having to go all the way to Africa, says Lynette Eyb.

Overlooked Perth offers Anna King Shahab more dining options than she can possibly hope to sample at once.

Olly Grant steps into the past at Guedelon, built using strictly medieval methods.

First-timer Derek Cheng heads to Burning Man in the Nevada desert in search of fun and dancing.

Tristram Clayton finds much to sing about cruising on the enormous Anthem of the Seas.

An unexpected visitor sends Ewan McDonald scurrying for his life.

Farrah has a nose for divine earthy truffles buried deep in the Bordeaux soil. Catherine Masters meets a talented collie.

Graham Reid has an unexpectedly rewarding time in Newcastle, NSW.

You'll leave your heart there once you've experienced its charms.

The museums of the Solomon Islands house plenty of memorabilia from the Pacific campaign, writes Gillian Vine.

Ewan McDonald writes a letter from the Corinthians' canal, an emperor's project two millennia in the making.

The City of Angels is speakeasy central, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Our day-trip dollars become micro-loans to empower rural women, writes Naomi Estall.

On a fine Croatian island, Winston Aldworth learns of local claims to a great traveller.

Michael Antonievich makes up for missing a morning riding the waves in Fiji.

A free guided tour in Perth's Kings Park is a great way to get a feel for the subtly beautiful Western Australian flora, finds Anna King Shahab.

Driving the 'Mother Road', Route 66, Russell Contreras searches for the works of Kerouac and Hemingway at the many used bookstores along the way.

With a yawning hole nearly 2km deep at his feet, Mark Meredith looks - very gingerly - into the abyss in Arizona.