Global Travel Writers Latest Offerings for November 2007

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The award-winning Global Travel Writers team bring you their latest offerings for November 2007

Stop Press: John Borthwick winner (again), Sally Hammond, Sheriden Rhodes, Glenn A Baker, Roderick Eime finalists in Australian Society of Travel Writers Annual Awards [read more]

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"The strangely shaped whitewashed spire of Stanjel shows up from some distance as you drive from Nova Gorica to Sezana in western Slovenia, where hilltop towns a few kilometres away in Italy dot the horizon." Sally Hammond in Slovenia

Following the collapse of Communism in 1990, Hungary faced the task of finding a new identity. Unlike other Eastern Bloc countries, Hungary has "capitalised" on its Communist past. Graham Simmons Finds Attitude in Hungary

The first-ever international golf tournament in Cambodia in November/December 2007 focuses attention on a nation that’s never been associated with the great game. Thomas E King notes Cambodia’s New Golf Challenges

Some believe Australia's Lord Howe Island is the last true tropical island paradise. UNESCO World Heritage listed since 1982 and blissfully isolated and delightfully remote, you decide. Roderick Eime is convinced.

My heart almost stopped when the western face of Mount Vihren in Bulgaria dropped into a void below me. Far below, the grassy slopes had been 'improved' with messages spelt out in stones: Vladimir loves Olga. Philip Game draws breath in Bulgaria

More stories from the old Soviet Eastern Bloc: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and Latvia.

Roderick Eime catches up with Michael Palin during his whirlwind book tour Down Under. In New Europe, Palin explores the former Eastern Bloc with some startling results.

Sally Hammond released her latest book last month, Bamboo. A food lover’s and traveller’s delight, Bamboo puts China in your hands with tips and inside knowledge on travelling and dining in the ‘land of dragons’.


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Thais that unwind - Spa & Resorts - Activities & Interests - Travel - smh.com.au

From industrial chic to barefoot charm, Sheriden Rhodes surveys Thailand's hippest new resorts.

I'm showering under a huge industrial steel pipe. To get the water flowing you turn the valve wheel and a strong flow of warm water gushes out. Behind me, rows of sun lounges and umbrellas are neatly arranged around a pool where the air and water temperature meld into one. A gushing waterfall lures swimmers and, once underneath, pummels away aches and pains. Meanwhile, a funky-looking pool attendant with a big smile and trendy shades delivers a cold towel, icy water and cubes of cool rockmelon to our spot in the shade.

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Destination Focus: The Australian Outback

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The award-winning Global Travel Writers team
brings you this month's Destination Focus: The Australian Outback

• Roderick Eime goes Tracking History to Oodnadatta, following the track of the Old Ghan railway line;
• Tricia Welsh tours The Outback by Air;
• Graham Simmons finds Camels and Country Kindness in Cunnamulla;
• Karen Halabi goes Kayaking the mighty Katherine, in the Northern Terrritory;
• Glenn A Baker visits Broome, Fabled Port of Pearls;
• Sally Hammond explores the mysteries of Dreamtime Gorge, in outback Queensland; and
• Thomas E King goes Rockin' around "Rocky", and finds an indoor rodeo ring in one of Australia's most colourful towns

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Our Destination Focus: Southern Africa mailout last month provoked a good deal of interest.

Coming in mid-November: DESTINATION FOCUS: SOUTHERN EUROPE