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Category: In the paper

August 4, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Answering the big hire car questions …

July 31, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Secrets to success​ when kids flying solo …

July 29, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Stay in one of Tokyo’s quirkiest hotels …

March 29, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Canberra in 2018 …

March 26, 2018July 31, 2018sarahnicho

Local tips for​ visiting Victoria …

March 18, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Staying hydrated in the sky …

March 9, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Understanding air miles …

January 14, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

How to handle travel mishaps …

November 27, 2017March 23, 2018sarahnicho

How to do South-East Asia in 2018 …

November 19, 2017March 23, 2018sarahnicho

In position for sleeping on planes …

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017sarahnicho

Deposited in Ms Duras’ Sa Dec …

October 30, 2017March 10, 2018sarahnicho

Cruising the Australia coast …

October 12, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Away from home sleep secrets…

September 16, 2017March 10, 2018sarahnicho

Renting an Paris apartment …

September 7, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Stepping into Japanese tradition …

August 31, 2017March 11, 2018sarahnicho

New York’s best boutique hotels …

August 17, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Secrets to selecting a suitcase …

August 5, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Getting sick far from home …

July 27, 2017March 11, 2018sarahnicho

Travel tips from top photographers …

March 22, 2017March 10, 2018sarahnicho

NYC hotels with cool rooftop pools …

March 19, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Temple etiquette for Asia tour …

March 5, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Sounds of silence in Cierva Cove …

February 26, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Here’s how to save on solo travel …

February 12, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

River ship that feels like home …

November 21, 2016March 9, 2018sarahnicho

Go-to Vancouver travel guide …

November 20, 2016March 12, 2018sarahnicho

How to travel the UNESCO way …

November 6, 2016November 12, 2017sarahnicho

Why hotel beds are so darn good …

October 24, 2016March 3, 2018sarahnicho

Singapore’s 2017 hot and happening …

October 23, 2016March 11, 2018sarahnicho

New to Aussie travel in 2017 …

October 19, 2016October 29, 2017sarahnicho

The big Kimberley catch …

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About me …

My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I gallivant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – assembled here.

And hopefully you will find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here …

© Sarah Nicholson 2018

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What's new on Instagram ...

Is there anything more Italian than a red Vespa parked in front of a beautiful building in a Roman piazza?
Welcome to Rome ... and the city of gelato for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day turns to night somewhere over the Indian Ocean between Port Hedland and Singapore ... thanks to the SQ228 crew for making today’s first flight a cinch. . . . #singaporeairlines || @singaporeair
My Melbourne Monday ... looking down in the puzzle of railway infrastructure leading away from Flinders Street. . . #visitmelbourne || #visitvictoria || @visitmelbourne
... Sakura and sunshine in my backyard.
... flying with blue above and blue below.
... thanks for another wonderful visit Saigon 😘 I’ll be back as soon as I can.
... one last look at some classic Saigon architecture.
... selecting fabric at my favourite Saigon tailor.
... I found a salvage yard across the road from the Saigon Centre in District 1 selling all sorts of “antiques” as well as doors and shutters saved from colonial-era buildings facing demolition. . I would LOVE a couple of these to take back to Australia but I’m not looking too closely as I have absolutely no idea how to get them home. . And there’s an old cyclo there too for anyone seeing a new mode of transport.
... Saigon #doorporn. . A modernist beauty on the Independence Palace gatehouse.
... Saigon’s Reunification Palace by night. . This place always makes me think of Neil Davis, the legendary Australian photojournalist who covered years of the “American War” and stuck around in Saigon after the very last American soldiers left at first light on the morning of May 1, 1975. . He wanted to be there to see what happen when the North Vietnamese Army arrived so waited on the Palace lawns for the first troops to reach District 1. . His photos of NVA tanks rolling through the palace gates, and a Communist soldier waving the new regime’s flag from the balcony, are some of the conflict’s most significant images. . Davis survived bombs and bullets in Vietnam only to be killed during a tin-pot coup in Bangkok 10 years later.
... Saigon hair cut.
... can’t get enough of the view from my room at Liberty Central Saigon Citypoint Hotel.
... exploring the bones of the glorious - but now slightly disheveled - building at 42 Nguyen Hue Street. . This structure went up in the late 1960s to accommodate American soldiers serving in Saigon and then was home to dock workers from the nearby shipyard after the south fell in 1975. . The building is now home to indie cafes, coffee shops and artist studios making it easy for architecture fanatics like me to snoop around on the way to a cool drink.

What’s new on Twitter

  • Started my #Rome sightseeing a little early this trip with my @SingaporeAir #A350 flying above the #Vatican on appr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • Watching day turn to night somewhere above the Indian Ocean between Port Hedland and #Singapore ... thanks to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • Tempting #Tasmania is awash with new travel experiences in 2018 ... from riverside glamping in the Derwent Valley t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
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