The horns are blaring,the pigs roasting. Vanessa Murray joins half a million Balkan music fans at Guca's famous festival.
Kosovo's capital Pristina does not have tourist attractions so much as curiosities,and few of them are made for happy snaps.
Margaret Turton takes a river cruise laced with spies,revolution and royalty.
How's your Egyptian? Your Cantonese? Hungarian? The strong Aussie dollar makes many destinations more affordable,beyond the usual haunts in America and Europe.