In Vang Vieng,tragically,tourist deaths are nothing new

In Vang Vieng,tragically,tourist deaths are nothing new

Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly,they haven’t worked hard enough.

  • byJimmy Thomson

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Beyond Bali and Thailand,smart young travellers are now heading here

Beyond Bali and Thailand,smart young travellers are now heading here

This bustling and rapidly changing Asian city is now a magnet for younger travellers.

  • byJimmy Thomson
This hike from one perched village to another is tough (but worth it)

This hike from one perched village to another is tough (but worth it)

A five-day hike around Mont Ventoux,the southern France mountain that strikes fear into the hearts of Tour de France cyclists every few years,is equally confronting and rewarding.

  • byJimmy Thomson
My return trip from Bali does not bode well for our biosecurity
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Indonesia

My return trip from Bali does not bode well for our biosecurity

Australia’s chances of keeping foot and mouth disease out of the country are close to zero if the behaviour of young Aussies at Denpasar airport is anything to go by.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Strata sector is too important to be left with yet another minister on training wheels

Strata sector is too important to be left with yet another minister on training wheels

The Opal and Mascot towers are just two high-profile outcomes of long-term political neglect.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Holiday letting code delays betray long-suffering residents
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Airbnb

Holiday letting code delays betray long-suffering residents

If the final version of a code of conduct for short-term holiday letting does make its new deadline of next June,it will be three years after it was first flagged in Parliament.

  • byJimmy Thomson
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Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom,Scotland:The last remaining tearoom originally designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom,Scotland:The last remaining tearoom originally designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Visionary architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh's restored tearoom is a living (and dining) work of art.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Best travel books:Famous travel novels you should read before you go

Best travel books:Famous travel novels you should read before you go

Leave the travel guidebooks at home – a novel will show you the world.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Cycling tour,Vietnam:The ups and downs of a father-son bike tour from Hoi An to Da Lat

Cycling tour,Vietnam:The ups and downs of a father-son bike tour from Hoi An to Da Lat

A bike trip through Vietnam can test or strengthen relationships.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Some Sydney apartments being bought just for Airbnb,MP claims

Some Sydney apartments being bought just for Airbnb,MP claims

New apartments are being bought in Sydney purely for letting via online holiday rental agencies such as Airbnb,rather than as residential homes,a NSW Liberal MP has claimed.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Dirty tricks and dodgy laws as unit blocks declare war on holiday lettings

Dirty tricks and dodgy laws as unit blocks declare war on holiday lettings

Bogus by-laws,sneaky shut-outs and even vandalism could be used to keep holiday makers out of apartment blocks that don't want them,say Sydney's building managers.

  • byJimmy Thomson