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Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?

July 22, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 3
Transnistria: How to visit a country that doesn’t exist
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

Transnistria: How to visit a country that doesn’t exist

July 19, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 2
A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar
Africa Featured Weird Travel 

A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar

March 29, 2019September 19, 2020 pdg 0
The far-reaching wake of the waka
Europe Featured New Zealand 

The far-reaching wake of the waka

May 27, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Azerbaijan in pictures
Caucasus Photos Top stories 

Azerbaijan in pictures

August 9, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0
The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief
Europe Top stories Weird Travel 

The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief

August 24, 2019December 28, 2020 pdg 0
Walking New Zealand’s Hokianga Coastal Track
New Zealand Top stories 

Walking New Zealand’s Hokianga Coastal Track

April 20, 2019January 2, 2021 pdg 3
One foot in paradise
Pacific Top stories 

One foot in paradise

May 17, 2018December 28, 2020 pdg 0

NEW ZEALAND

Top news photos of 2020
New Zealand Photos 

Top news photos of 2020

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 pdg 0

A global pandemic, iwi-led Covid checkpoints, Waitangi Day festivities, politics, record-breaking rainfall, floods and fires — 2020 had it all.

Takahē and naked trampers on the Heaphy Track
New Zealand 

Takahē and naked trampers on the Heaphy Track

April 4, 2020September 20, 2020 pdg 0
The Te Araroa Project
New Zealand 

The Te Araroa Project

November 13, 2019October 25, 2020 pdg 0
Sir Hekenukumai Puhipi: The bridge builder
New Zealand 

Sir Hekenukumai Puhipi: The bridge builder

June 30, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 0
One man’s war: A Hokianga soldier remembers
New Zealand 

One man’s war: A Hokianga soldier remembers

May 29, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 0

PACIFIC

Tonga in pictures
Pacific Photos 

Tonga in pictures

May 2, 2020September 19, 2020 pdg 0

Unspoiled beaches, decrepit ferries, spontaneous schoolkids and a slow-paced way of life in one of the world’s last absolute monarchies.

The Pacific’s forgotten slave trade
Pacific 

The Pacific’s forgotten slave trade

April 1, 2020September 20, 2020 pdg 0
Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics
Pacific 

Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics

November 15, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0
The Birdman of Atiu
Pacific 

The Birdman of Atiu

November 8, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Bushwalking in the Grampians
Pacific 

Bushwalking in the Grampians

November 6, 2018October 14, 2019 pdg 0

AFRICA

The old man and the lake
Africa 

The old man and the lake

June 1, 2019December 28, 2020 pdg 0

During the author’s visit to Rwanda locals are amused to see someone so old riding a bicycle.

A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar
Africa Featured Weird Travel 

A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar

March 29, 2019September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Six things to do in Harar, Ethiopia, that don’t involve hyenas
Africa 

Six things to do in Harar, Ethiopia, that don’t involve hyenas

March 29, 2019September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Best and worst hotels
Africa Europe 

Best and worst hotels

June 29, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 2
Ethiopia’s Meskel festival in pictures
Africa Photos 

Ethiopia’s Meskel festival in pictures

June 13, 2018June 16, 2018 pdg 0

ASIA

Laos in pictures
Asia Photos 

Laos in pictures

September 27, 2020October 1, 2020 pdg 0

Laos doesn’t have the big tourism drawcards of its better-known neighbours — but that’s all the more reason to visit this slow-paced, smile-filled land.

Against the odds: Surviving the Burma railroad
Asia New Zealand 

Against the odds: Surviving the Burma railroad

May 16, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Peace at last for shipwreck’s ‘hungry ghosts’
Asia New Zealand 

Peace at last for shipwreck’s ‘hungry ghosts’

May 15, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0
Hong Kong in 48 hours
Asia 

Hong Kong in 48 hours

May 11, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0

CAUCASUS

Armenia in pictures
Caucasus Photos 

Armenia in pictures

October 10, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0

An ancient land sprinkled with 1000-year-old stone churches, Armenia is sliding back to war with its neighbour Azerbaijan over a disputed territory.

Azerbaijan in pictures
Caucasus Photos Top stories 

Azerbaijan in pictures

August 9, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0

MIDDLE EAST

Iran in pictures
Middle East Photos 

Iran in pictures

April 18, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0

Former US President George W Bush called it part of “the Axis of Evil”. I call it one of the most fascinating and welcoming places I’ve been.

EUROPE

Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?

July 22, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 3

It has everything you’d ever want in a medieval castle. There’s only one problem: It’s in the middle of a giant steel mill.

Former Yugoslavia in pictures
Europe Photos 

Former Yugoslavia in pictures

May 15, 2020September 20, 2020 pdg 0
Cares Gorge: Is this Spain’s best one-day walk?
Europe 

Cares Gorge: Is this Spain’s best one-day walk?

May 2, 2020September 20, 2020 pdg 0
Spain and Portugal in pictures
Europe Photos 

Spain and Portugal in pictures

April 25, 2020September 19, 2020 pdg 0
The Girl Fair: Matchmaking centuries before Tinder
Europe 

The Girl Fair: Matchmaking centuries before Tinder

October 7, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 0

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...

LATEST

Top news photos of 2020
New Zealand Photos 

Top news photos of 2020

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 pdg 0

A global pandemic, iwi-led Covid checkpoints, Waitangi Day festivities, politics, record-breaking rainfall, floods and fires — 2020 had it all.

Armenia in pictures
Caucasus Photos 

Armenia in pictures

October 10, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0
Laos in pictures
Asia Photos 

Laos in pictures

September 27, 2020October 1, 2020 pdg 0
Azerbaijan in pictures
Caucasus Photos Top stories 

Azerbaijan in pictures

August 9, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0

WEIRD TRAVEL

Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

Is this the world’s most bizarre place for a castle?

July 22, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 3

It has everything you’d ever want in a medieval castle. There’s only one problem: It’s in the middle of a giant steel mill.

The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief
Europe Top stories Weird Travel 

The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief

August 24, 2019December 28, 2020 pdg 0
Is this the world’s strangest parade?
Europe Photos Weird Travel 

Is this the world’s strangest parade?

August 11, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 0
Transnistria: How to visit a country that doesn’t exist
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

Transnistria: How to visit a country that doesn’t exist

July 19, 2019September 20, 2020 pdg 2

PHOTOS

Top news photos of 2020
New Zealand Photos 

Top news photos of 2020

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 pdg 0

A global pandemic, iwi-led Covid checkpoints, Waitangi Day festivities, politics, record-breaking rainfall, floods and fires — 2020 had it all.

Armenia in pictures
Caucasus Photos 

Armenia in pictures

October 10, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0
Laos in pictures
Asia Photos 

Laos in pictures

September 27, 2020October 1, 2020 pdg 0
Azerbaijan in pictures
Caucasus Photos Top stories 

Azerbaijan in pictures

August 9, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0
Georgia in pictures
Caucasus Photos 

Georgia in pictures

July 5, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0
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