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Middle East 

Best Mideast stopover: Dubai or Oman?

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 pdg 0 Comments Dubai, Muscat, Mutrah, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Your long-haul flight is touching down in Dubai and you want to make a stopover of it – but do you stay in the United Arab Emirates or head to nearby Oman? Here’s my verdict.

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Middle East 

Inside the Axis of Not-So-Evil

May 9, 2018May 12, 2018 pdg 0 Comments Iran, Tehran

Former US president George Bush dubbed it part of the Axis of Evil. Instead I found kindness, warmth and generosity, along with a young generation itching for freedom and a vast gulf between rulers and the ruled.

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About the author

Kia ora and welcome to Ramblings, a random collection of travel yarns, stories and photographs by Peter de Graaf. I’m a reporter and occasional travel writer based in Kerikeri, a small town in New Zealand’s Far North. Read more...

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A cut-out of Ilchi Lee welcomes visitors on a bushwalk called 'The Way of New Life'
New Zealand 

Stairway to heaven

February 13, 2019 pdg 0

In the bush west of Kerikeri, a small town in northern New Zealand, a Korean spiritual leader says he is building a global headquarters for an organisation of 100 million members.

Waitangi Day in pictures
New Zealand Photos 

Waitangi Day in pictures

February 8, 2019 pdg 3
Best photos of 2018
New Zealand Photos 

Best photos of 2018

January 24, 2019 pdg 0
Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics
Pacific 

Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics

November 15, 2018 pdg 0
The Birdman of Atiu
Pacific 

The Birdman of Atiu

November 8, 2018 pdg 0

WEIRD TRAVEL

Phone booths of the world
Photos Weird Travel 

Phone booths of the world

June 25, 2018 pdg 12

The phone booth has, tragically, become an endangered species — hence my mission to preserve these once ubiquitous features of our urban landscape through photography.

The strange case of the giant underpants
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The strange case of the giant underpants

May 26, 2018 pdg 2
The highwaymen of Hokianga
New Zealand Weird Travel 

The highwaymen of Hokianga

May 22, 2018 pdg 0
The love boat
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The love boat

May 19, 2018 pdg 0

PHOTOS

Waitangi Day in pictures
New Zealand Photos 

Waitangi Day in pictures

February 8, 2019 pdg 3

A selection of my favourite images from Waitangi Day, the anniversary of the signing of New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi, taken since 2010.

Best photos of 2018
New Zealand Photos 

Best photos of 2018

January 24, 2019 pdg 0
Vanuatu in pictures
Pacific Photos 

Vanuatu in pictures

October 16, 2018 pdg 0
American Samoa in pictures
Pacific Photos 

American Samoa in pictures

August 9, 2018 pdg 9
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