How the war shaped modern Vietnam
The Vietnam war permeates Vietnam's national personality as profoundly as Honda motorbikes permeate Hanoi streets.
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Alison Stewart
Sydney writer and author Alison Stewart loves all travel but is particularly attracted to wild places.
Airline review: Dreamliner business class, Vietnamese-style
Courteous service, pleasant food and comfortable seats mean you wake refreshed to start your Australian day.
The petrified waterfalls of Mexico's Hierve el Agua
Hike to Mexico's ancient petrified waterfalls and then take a cool dip.
Six of the best St Petersburg wonders
Six of the best St Petersburg wonders.
Beneath paradise, a chilling reminder of Europe's brush with the apocalypse
Deep in the Baltic forest, a nuclear missile bunker is a sombre reminder of darker times in world history.
The world's busiest man-made waterway
The Kiel Canal is used by a similar number of ships as on the Panama and Suez canals combined.
Cape Town's greatest attraction most tourists miss
Cape Town's Kirstenbosch could well be the world's best botanical garden.
Where to see South Africa's cutest critters
Check your bags before you leave - these cute critters get in everywhere.
No crowds: Europe's three new travel hotspots
Lovely old Europe, once vibrant, feels dog-tired, swamped by tourists and in need of a good lie down. But not the Baltic States.
The ancient site where the world was supposed to end
Amid 1780 hectares of ravenous jungle lies the magical Maya city of Palenque.
One of the world's greatest Art Nouveau cities
Ravishing Riga hides a secret within the folds of her ornate civic garments.
An oil-rich city with dining, hiking and fiords
Stavanger's fishy bounty has been surpassed by oil – and lots of it.
The dazzling 'valley of 1000 castles'
Cycling in the Dordogne is like gliding into an impressionists' masterpiece, especially on an e-bike.
Six of the world's best cruise excursions
The depth and breadth of antiquities you can see on a stop off from a cruise ship is mind-boggling.
An epic engineering feat on Egypt's Nile River
The gems of ancient art that were moved to make way for modernity.
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