If you’re going to spend the best part of a morning running 26.2 miles, you might as well do it in a beautiful place. And perhaps the most picturesque of all marathons? Big Sur International Marathon.

The starting gun will fire for the 27^th annual running of this oceanside race at 6:45am this Sunday. Around 5,000 people representing all 50 US states and 34 countries will tackle the breathtaking route, which follows California’s stunning Highway 1, also known as the “Pacific Coast Highway”. You can imagine the views. Read more »

Disney’s theme parks are the most popular in the world. In 2009, its locations in California, Florida, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo entertained almost 120 million people.

Since the announcement that a new resort would open in Shanghai in 2015 there has been much speculation as to where Mickey Mouse would next take up residence.

Shanghai Disneyland is expected to take at least four years to construct, meaning that any new park would probably open around 2020. Read more »

An African safari really is one of those must-do, once-in-a-lifetime experiences. If you’re travelling to Johannesburg this year, it would be positively criminal not to visit one of the many elegant game lodges located right nearby.

Seeing Africa’s Big Five game in the wild is a thrilling experience – a world away from the zoo. Close encounters with elephants, lions, rhino, buffalo and leopards in their natural habitat will truly make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Read more »

We all have dreams, many of which revolve around travelling the world. But for most of us, the demands of family, friends, work and a weekly routine leave little or no time for thinking about them, let alone their realisation.

When his wife of five years left him three years after they emigrated to Australia, Ian Usher’s life was turned upside down. Finding his immediate world unbearably interconnected with his lost love, he decided to sell everything he owned on eBay. Read more »