Cathie Skelton developed a passion for steam trains when she was only three. Growing up in South Australia, her railway enthusiast father would “drag” her mum and the kids on his train trips. Now she helps to run train trips
Just too hot for Angkor Wat
Even before the sun rises over the ancient temple of Angkor Wat, the air is already hot and heavy with humidity. There’s barely a breath of breeze. Yet the sticky stillness is suddenly broken by a blast of air that
Chateau de Fontainebleau: France’s home of kings and emperors
If the walls of the Château de Fontainebleau could talk, they would tell stories of kings and emperors, revolution and restoration, assassination and abdication spanning 800 years. Fontainebleau has been home to 34 kings and two emperors of French ruling
How the other half lives at 40,000 feet
Review of Emirates First Class 777 – Melbourne-Dubai-Lyon. I’ve seen how the other half live at 40,000 feet and I like it. After years of hoarding and conjuring every trick I could to acquire frequent flyer points (regularly swapping credit cards