Is it safe for us to travel alone in South East Asia? Lonely Planet's Sarah Bennett and Lee Slater have the best safety tips.

Linda Herrick flies Emirates from the United Arab Emirates to Italy.

When you stay in nice hotels, you can easily assume the price tag or star rating means a certain level of cleanliness, but there are hidden nasties lurking unseen.

Who really believes that listening to a song on your MP3 player at takeoff could cause a crash?

Justine Tyerman’s obsession with home swapping goes up another notch after a weekend at one of Australia’s most exclusive beaches.

Excellent DoC and council-approved camping sites and well-priced holiday parks may still be found across the country, Paul Charman discovers.

Paddle your way and around the City of Sails.

When I was 16, I spent four weeks in Sydney with a mate living in Bondi Junction and doing dishes at his sister's restaurant.

Graham Reid flies SQ425 from India to Singapore.

I'm a little fussy about the music I listen to.

Hamilton's river and gardens put you in the mood for wonderful walking It's a 45-minute walk around Hamilton Lake.

Each week, Lonely Planet's Sarah Bennett and Lee Slater answer your questions.

Winston Aldworth flies takes a flight across Nepal.

If you can't make it to the major tracks, consider these small charmers closer to home.

Sometimes wildlife is a bit too wild, so we appreciate sculptures of animals instead, embedded in concrete, as nature could have intended.

Rarely are hikers rewarded so richly for their toils as on the steep slopes of Italy's Cinque Terre region, where five ancient fishing villages cling to the sheer slate cliffs below.

The drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco is only about six hours, but with so much to see on the way, you could make a week of it.

Yvonne Tahana flies from Hawaii to Auckland.