On our doorstep, a whole other world
Bougainville is a challenging feast for the senses and bustles with a raw energy of a place that is ready to claim its independence and reopen to the world.
Finnair did not fail in any respect and is a far superior airline to Qantas.
Despite not competing directly with the main carriers on existing routes, experts predict Bonza will push fares downs.
This hotel's pick-up-sticks facade, a jumble of lumber bolted together to evoke a forest, stops me in my tracks.
Some places feel like home, even if you've never been there before. And after a few days, your mind starts making plans to move in.
Scotland comes in three shades: luminous green of its rolling hills and wild snow-capped mountains, grey for its history-dense castles, walls and houses, and red for its traditional kilts and its bloody, mind-blowing past.
When it comes to the aurora borealis, photographs can't tell the whole story.
We're here to experience the annual Geminids meteor shower in one of the darkest night-sky spots in the southern hemisphere.
There are no supermarkets, ATMs, footpaths or streetlights on the island; and most locals are tucked up in bed by 9pm.