I'm a big fan of Canberra. In fact, I'm quite a fan of the non-ostentatious capital city in general - you know, those capital cities that are actually a lot smaller than many nearby cities and just quietly go about doing the job of running the country (Brasilia, for example, or Bern).Parliament …
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Perth Zoo: Gibbons, tigers and bears, oh my!
One of the most visited tourist attractions here in my lovely home town of Perth is the Perth Zoo - it's in a great location on the south side of the city centre and it's popular to take the ferry from the CBD over to the zoo. I may have a rather biased opinion because I've visited a dozen or so …
Two Egyptians and my privilege to travel: An important reminder
The travel blogging world has been paying a lot of attention recently to a post called No, Not Everyone Can Travel - A Bubble Burster, from Mina Mahrous's blog "Someday I'll Be There". Mina reminds us that most people in the world have only a fraction of the freedom and ability to travel that us …