Alison Stewart

Sydney writer and author Alison Stewart loves all travel but is particularly attracted to wild places.

The Vietnam war permeates Vietnam's national personality as profoundly as Honda motorbikes permeate Hanoi streets.

Courteous service, pleasant food and comfortable seats mean you wake refreshed to start your Australian day.

Hike to Mexico's ancient petrified waterfalls and then take a cool dip.

Six of the best St Petersburg wonders.

Deep in the Baltic forest, a nuclear missile bunker is a sombre reminder of darker times in world history.

The Kiel Canal is used by a similar number of ships as on the Panama and Suez canals combined.

Cape Town's Kirstenbosch could well be the world's best botanical garden.

Check your bags before you leave - these cute critters get in everywhere.

Lovely old Europe, once vibrant, feels dog-tired, swamped by tourists and in need of a good lie down. But not the Baltic States.

Amid 1780 hectares of ravenous jungle lies the magical Maya city of Palenque.

Ravishing Riga hides a secret within the folds of her ornate civic garments.

Stavanger's fishy bounty has been surpassed by oil – and lots of it.

Cycling in the Dordogne is like gliding into an impressionists' masterpiece, especially on an e-bike.

The depth and breadth of antiquities you can see on a stop off from a cruise ship is mind-boggling.

The gems of ancient art that were moved to make way for modernity.

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