Naked Hungry Traveller

The Tasmanian Central Highlands offer a spectacular backdrop for anyone wanting to learn the finer aspects of fly-fishing. For a complete beginner this complex combination of lures and casting looks more like fantasy than fishing.

Vanuatu's Tanna Island combines an active volcano with an active cult, a strange combination on an otherworldly island far from everywhere.

The Taj Mahal is singularly stunning and you'd have to be made of marble to remain unmoved by its beauty. The same cannot always be said of Agra's rickshaw drivers, but they do add colour to the experience.

Visiting the Peruvian shores of Lake Titikaka is not a wildlife adventure. Nearly everything that moves has become a part of the local diet, and as you journey out into the unknown depths by boat the only thing you can see are weeds, reeds and lots of water.

Hobbit mania is about to begin again. Here's an easy driving and walking trip. Let's re-examine the land of the long white cloud from the Lord of the Rings' perspective while Hobbits Part 1 and 2 are in production.

Just inside the Arctic Circle in the far north of Finland is a small village that Santa Claus calls home. The woodlands around the village are rampant with reindeer and you can meet the man himself, any day of the year.

It’s a new Turkey on the road from Troy to Halicarnassus. Wineries, beach side fish shacks, monuments and ancient villages. Turkey's Aegean coast is loaded with sites and sights, ruined temples and bronzed bodies. Plenty to eat and drink too.

There’s been enough written about how integrated the tango is into Buenos Aires culture that it’s become an unavoidable travel cliché. Quite simply, if you’re in Buenos Aires, you will encounter tango. So you may as well accept the fact and see it at its best.