Ho Chi Minh city.

Vietnam:Travelling in the footsteps of the Vietnam War

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

  • Alison Stewart
Business class on board Vietnam Airlines'787 Dreamliner.

Airline review:Vietnam Airlines 787 business class,Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney

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

  • Alison Stewart
Hierve el Agua's natural rock formations are formed by freshwater springs saturated with calcium carbonate and other minerals.

Hierve el Agua,Mexico,Oaxaca:A rare natural phenomenon

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

  • Alison Stewart
St. Petersburg,Russia - August 8,2014:Tourists walking on the Palace square near Hermitage museum satfeb15sixbest

Six of the best St Petersburg wonders

Six of the best St Petersburg wonders.

  • Alison Stewart
Propaganda posters on display at the Plokstine nuclear missile site.

Lithuania,Plokstine:Beneath paradise,a chilling reminder of Europe's brush with the apocalypse

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

  • Alison Stewart
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The picturesque Kiel canal.

Germany's Kiel Canal:The world's busiest man-made waterway is an engineer feat

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

  • Alison Stewart
Beautiful flowering aloes in the Kirstenbosch Gardens.

Cape Town's Kirstenbosch:This could be the world's best botanical garden

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

  • Alison Stewart
Members of Boulders'penguin colony.

Boulders Beach,Cape Town:The best place to see African penguins

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

  • Alison Stewart
Alexander Nevsky cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral at sunset in Tallinn,Estonia.

The Baltic states of Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania:Just like Western Europe,40 years ago

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

  • Alison Stewart
The magical Maya city of Palenque.

Maya city of Palenque,Mexico:Visit the archaeological site where the world was supposed to end

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

  • Alison Stewart