Known as 'the Pearl of the South', Phuket is reclaiming its position as Thailand's key destination for honeymooners and families alike.

Glenyce Johnson, Managing Director of Peregrine Adventures, has just returned from 12 days on the Burma Unveiled trip and now counts Burma among her top ten Countries to visit.

Have you ever found that place where you feel you’re home when you’re not at home?

With three towers of hospitality, casino, food, skating and theatre, deciding what to do in Marina Bay Sands is like choosing your favourite flavour from a bag full of mouth watering chocolates.

‘The smallest nation in Central America ... but the one with the biggest heart’, is how Benjamin, our local Salvadoran guide, likes to describe his country. And as you drive into downtown San Salvador, past its bustling street markets – brimming with waving locals – or through the country’s remote villages – full of more waving locals – it is easy to see why.

For those really game to tackle the rather cool climate of the north, the most northerly part of Norway is actually it’s offshore extension known as Svalbard which is home to polar bears and extreme nature.

Stepping out of Ngurah Rai International Airport and into the hot sticky heat of Bali, I was met by an overwhelming sea of faces waving signs, name cards and calls of “taxi? taxi?” from local drivers.

It started with a book. And though its pages are now yellowing and spotted with mould, the red cliffs and rolling hills within are as vivid now as they were when I was young.

“I have always loved the desert,” says a lost traveller in Antoine de Saint Exupery’s The Little Prince. “One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...” and so of Dubai.

It should come as no surprise that tourism in Saigon, the old name for Ho Chi Minh City, is dominated by the Vietnam War. War tourism as its known today both educate and help heal old wounds for those on a pilgrimage seeking answers

Hanoi a bustling metropolis of Asian & French Colonial styles. A touch of Paris with mango trees and a million mopeds.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country of adventure where travellers can enjoy a range of unique experiences.

It is official. Holiday Goddess, Alison Carmichael-Rulten loves Port Douglas in far North Queensland, Australia – a delightful village only one hour’s drive north of Cairns.

When people think of Los Angeles, they often think about traffic, smog and noise. I encourage those people (and everyone else) to visit Santa Monica.

Flying into Hobart airport to a snowcapped vista was breathtaking.

Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan metropolis which provides an intoxicating mix of eastern and western culture.

Bunches of coriander sit alongside durians, green mangoes and young coconuts; a local wipes crumbs from his shirt after a bite of freshly made pork roll; the steam from bowls of hot pho wafts past a Vietnamese grandmother selling home-grown herbs. This is Cabramatta: Saigon in Sydney.

Oman’s Dhofar Region, Where Precipitation Is The Attraction

It’s a city where ‘Kia Ora’ isn’t just a greeting but an expression of genuine care, where the exquisite blend of cultural pride and thousands of years of history is woven into animated and boundless outdoor adventure.

Marcel Proust once wrote that there is nothing more persistent and vital than smell and taste to “remain poised for a long time, like souls, ready to remind us” of a long distant past.

It happened in an instant: at first and then over again, when, as the sun set on a herd of elephants, or with the clean stink of the ocean on my face, or maybe in the dark of a Joburg nightclub, I fell in love with South Africa.

The first thing you may notice upon arrival in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, is its traffic.

"An island on a lake within a volcano on a lake within a volcano." This is how my good friend and Manila resident, Melwynn, described Taal Volcano and its surroundings to me on my most recent visit to the Philippines.

If you’re looking for a getaway from the frenzy of downtown Tokyo and don’t quite have a full day to spare, head to beautiful Mt Mitake in Chichibu Tama National Park.