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Ireland: A ballad for every occasion
Jill Worrall is schooled in the etiquette of Guinness drinking as she absorbs the unparallelled atmosphere of Ireland's pubs.
Ireland: More than bog-standard tramping
Dingle Peninsula, because of its isolation and less intensive forms of modern farming, has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in Ireland.
Cuba: Swashbucklers ahoy
For about 200 years, from the mid-1500s, pirates, privateers and buccaneers terrorised Cuba, writes Jill Worrall.
Peru: Escaping Machu Picchu's madding crowds
Jill Worrall finds some solitude around the wildly-popular Incan ruins of Machu Picchu.
Peru: Taking coca tea in the Andes
Cusco, in the Peruvian Andes, was once the capital of the legendary Inca Empire.
Wharariki Beach: A rugged Tasman gem
Jill Worrall takes a hike to one of her favourite South Island beaches.
Golden Bay: Recalling fraught trips over the hill
Golden Bay summers have woven into my memories since I was about 12, when we made our first trip here from Christchurch.
The Catlins: Rare species at home in the wild south
Jill Worrall continues her journey south through the Catlins, the remote coastal region that straddles Otago and Southland.
The Catlins: Discovering a forgotten nugget of NZ
Two decades ago it was mostly only Otago and Southland locals who knew about the Catlins, but the secret's now out, writes Jill Worrall.
Oman: Magical moments in the desert
Maybe it's the larrikin in me but I never tire of careering over desert sands in four-wheel-drives.
Oman: Desert citadel's ingenious defences
Invaders hoping to capture Oman's Nizwa fort in centuries past would have had some medieval defence methods to deal with.
Oman: Coastal city's boat-building heritage endures
Jill Worrall visits an Omani shipyard which has been turning out vessels for thousands of years.
Oman: Architectural beauty in the land of frankincense
Muscat first began to make a name for itself in the 14th and 15th centuries as a trading port but it was the Portuguese who built some of its most distinctive architectural features.
Sri Lanka: Galle's slow tsunami recovery
Galle has been a strategic port since the late 1500s and the scene of many shipwrecks over the subsequent 500 years.
Sri Lanka: Steep journey to World's End
Jill Worrall visits one of Sri Lanka's most impressive natural attractions and wonders who really decimated the local elephant population.