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Cape crusaders
Hip hubs: I Love My Laundry.
A cool new breed of entrepreneurs is bringing a fresh energy to Cape Town, writes Rachel Olding. Tradition and history are beautiful things but if youre looking for the emerging buzz of a f
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Hippos on parade
Spectacular: Hippopotamuses wallow in the estuary around St Lucia.
Andrew Bain comes face-to-face with locals in and around St Lucia. The laid-back South African town of St Lucia is very much a settlement on the w
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Flight test: South Africa Airways economy class
South Africa Airways: the Rainbow Nations carrier is surprisingly colourless.
THE ROUTEJohannesburg to Perth
THE PLANEAirbus A340-300ETHE LOYALTY SCHEMEVoyager (Star Alliance)UP THE BACK OR POINTY END?Eco
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South Africa fine dining: From the seed to the plate
Indigenous buchu and other herbs grow amid lemon and olive trees.
Two restored farms are changing the culinary landscape. In a converted cattle stall, beneath a striking two-metre high bulls head tile mural, execu
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Top 10 bad smelling places to visit
Not for sensitive noses: The Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Guidebooks are full of lists of places to see, but it is much harder to find out where to go to give your other senses a turn.Although tourists shouldnt a
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Fifty things we love about travel right now
A vintage caravan in Palm Springs, California.
SCOTLANDOn September 18, the people of Scotland will vote yes or no for independence from the United Kingdom. Electorally, it could still go either way, but the inten
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Mauritius, Africa: Back to the beginning
A scenic view in the North West region of Mauritius.
Elspeth Callender heads to Mauritius on a mission to trace her roots. In 1880 a sailing ship entered Sydney Harbour in heavy seas. Two girls - Wilhelmina and Be
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Everyone asks: Should you boycott destinations over government behaviour?
A guide waits for tourist to take them for a ride on his camel in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The recent sentencing of Australian Peter Greste and his fellow Al Jazeera journalists proves that Egypt’s judi
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Cape Town Garden Route: Take the low road
See it all: Tsitsikamma, an adventure playground.
Travel the Garden Route from Cape Town for some spectacular sights, writes Steve McKenna. Cape Town isnt the easiest place to escape by road. First up, theres the
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South Africa Safari: Every step you take
Rhinos confronting curious humans.
Before Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain. When I was a kid I loved the hero of King Solomons Mines, who never flinched at snakes or cracked a whip like a mere circus per
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Voluntourism: Helping out on your holidays
Eager faces: World Vision says about 300 Australians a year travel to meet their sponsor children.
Charity begins on holidays - at least thats what many tour operators in the family market are finding. An estimated 10
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Responsible wildlife tourism: Close encounters
On safari: giraffe at the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi National Park, South Africa.
There are ways to see animals up close without alarming them or yourself, writes David Whitley.The call of the wild - and, more specifically, the
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Everyone asks... Are travellers at risk from the Ebola virus?
A quarantine officer checks body temperature of a passenger against possible infections of Ebola virus at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea.
So far, Ebola has been confined to a few West African cou
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Australian novelists favourite destinations: The writes of passage
Gondola under a bridge in Venice.
In our second annual literary special, compiled by Kay OSullivan, Traveller asked five leading Australian novelists to write about the one place that has most informed and inspire
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Do travel boycotts really work?
Illustration: michaelmucci.com
Travel boycotts may make tourists feel better, but do they really work, asks Lance Richardson.On June 23, Australian journalist Peter Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues were sent
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A case of animal attraction in Africa
Giraffe roam at Chobe.
Max Anderson visits Chobe National Park, the scene of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burtons ill-fated second marriage.WEDNESDAY 22nd CHOBE
Having been so drunk yesterday felt te
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South Africa extreme activites: the adrenalin rush hour
Leap of faith: Scuba diving.
There is plenty on offer for thrillseekers in and around Durban, writes Ben Groundwater.Theres no cheer from a crowd as you stare down at the empty stadium.
No one waves banne
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River cruises on the worlds longest rivers
3. Yangtze River, China. The longest river in Asia rises from the glaciers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, touching 10 Chinese provinces before emptying into the East China Sea north of Shanghai.
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Burqa ban: What should female tourists wear in Islamic countries?
Female tourists should dress conservatively in most Muslim countries, but dress codes might not be as strict as you think.
I am partial to a headscarf. I picked up the habit in Iran, where the headscarf, a compuls
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Oystercatcher Trail, South Africa: Trailing in humanitys footsteps
Snake-free: Traversing the sandhills.
There is plenty to marvel at and plenty to keep you awake at night on a hike into the birthplace of humankind, writes Alison Stewart.
As the sun sets on crimson cliffs and th
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