http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest International Travel headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:33 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1501830 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10630925&ref=rss It's hard to believe anyone would choose the crackle of distant cannon fire and a very dated 360-degree wall painting over the in-your-face effects of movies and theme parks.But annually more than 200,000 people visit the Waterloo... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10631069&ref=rss There was a time when I was convinced Birmingham was the most glamorous city in the universe. The year was 1984. I was 14 and obsessed with Duran Duran. The walls of my bedroom were smothered with pages ripped out of Smash Hits ... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:57 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10630904&ref=rss Never underestimate the benefits of tedium. Nearly 150 years ago, three little girls got so bored on a slow upstream row along the Thames from Oxford to a summer picnic that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to amuse them on... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10630644&ref=rss There were bats everywhere. Thousands of them. Disturbed by our lights they poured out of the caverns where they had been sleeping, zoomed past so close I could feel the wind of their tiny wings, and disappeared into the tunnels leading... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10630253&ref=rss An Irishman on a working holiday in New Zealand is urging travellers to shop around after he asked a travel agent for the cheapest flights from Auckland to New York - and then found a rival agent who beat the quote by nearly $450.Gerard... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10630105&ref=rss Leave your jandals at home and behave with dignity is the advice to New Zealanders thinking of going to Gallipoli for the 95th commemoration of the Allied landing in World War 1.More than 20,000 visitors, mostly from New Zealand,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:47:32 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10629959&ref=rss Fancy a city break? New Zealanders could do worse than Auckland, where hotels rates have dropped to the world's third cheapest in an international survey.With a drop of 24 per cent in a year because of the financial crisis, only... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501830&objectid=10629866&ref=rss As we stood on the edge of the Laguna Quilota, admiring the beauty of the emerald lake that has formed in a volcanic crater 3800m above sea level, a small parade made its way along the dusty path around the crater rim.First came... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200