Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.

It's amazing what the lure of pottering around tropical fish and coral will do, writes newly-converted early bird Jill Worrall.

Moorea, along with ultra-expensive Bora Bora, is one French Polynesia's most popular islands with visitors. But remarkably, the impact of tourism, visually at least, is relatively low-key.

This blog is going to finish today beside the Moorea lagoon, I promise.

Jill Worrall tackles the Otago Rail Trail as preparation for a longer ride through India.

Jill Worrall prepares to intervene in a debate over a felucca ride.

East of the Nile, Jill Worrall finds two neighbourhoods where life continues at a less frenetic pace than in the rest of the city.

Jill Worrall is bewitched by the beauty of the boy king's death mask.

Jill Worrall is whisked through Cairo's cacophony by taxi, boat and horse-drawn carriage.

Jill Worrall takes part in the fast of Eid-ul-Adha and struggles to manage a full day of sightseeing in Sabratha.

There was some sex, a little violence, home improvements and some intimate dining-in - it could have been any night of reality television but in fact these scenarios were being played out among the kotuku.

Jill Worrall makes the most of a rare clear West Coast morning with a flight over the Southern Alps.

Jill Worrall puts her new hip through its paces on a tour of Franz Josef Glacier.

Jill Worrall finds a peaceful haven in Iran's Alborz Mountains.

Jill Worrall finds stark contrasts in central Iran's mountain region.

Jill Worrall laments the closure of a popular teahouse where visitors once recited the words of mystical poet Hafez.

Jill Worrall visits the roadside inns which once housed camel caravans travelling the silk road.

Jill Worrall wonders how much longer Iran's leaders can control the personal freedoms of its citizens.

Jill Worrall goes behind locked doors to tour an Aussie prison.