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Dr Latitude: Awe-inspiring Iceland hot tourist destination
Advice on visiting Iceland, buying a second-hand RV for a USA roadtrip and embarking on a walking adventure in Norway.

Dr Latitude: Wildlife at its best in Namibia
Advice on taking the family to southern Africa, exploring Queensland's Carnarvon Gorge and planning a Hong Kong shopping trip.

A lighthouse journey through Capes, Points and Spits
Despite, or perhaps because, lighthouses are in lonely, windswept, and inhospitable locations, they act as an attraction for many.

Travel book review: Bumper guide to the guides
An increasing number of books cater for every traveller's needs, writes Jim Eagles.

Graham Reid: Natural glow of a Rarotongan idyll
The scene of tropical holiday bliss is picture-perfect and, incredibly, it's real, writes Graham Reid.

Avoiding delays at a high-tech airport
In addition to iris-scans, Schiphol is piloting another scanning system that is aimed at speeding up the process of checking a passenger's belongings.

Graham Reid: The things you find in the back streets
I wish I could remember the name of the place so I could recommend it - but then again, maybe it's best I can't.

The journey from hell
Seven Stans: to get from Sydney to London, you quite often have to get past at least one of them.

Campsites to enjoy this summer
If you're camping over the peak summer period, book in advance as the more popular beach and lakeside campgrounds fill quickly.

Jim Eagles: Grubs up, so let's hoe in
One of the best things about going overseas - for me anyway - is the chance to try different foods.

Fear and loathing on the honeymoon trail
The doomsayers warned Peter and Debbie Simpson not to spend their honeymoon driving from Cairo to Cape Town. And they were proved right... but the optimists were right too.

Jim Eagles: Homegrown havens
What are the secret sanctuaries you feel embody the magic of New Zealand?

Tony Wheeler: Just feel the fear and do it anyway
In the second of our two-part series, Lonely Planet's Tony Wheeler explains how to reduce travel risks.

Cheers to world's best bars
Food critic and author Richard Ehrlich dispatched his expert panel to seek out top watering-holes on several continents.

Ten of the best places for a great getaway
From laidback Whangaroa to thrillseekers' Queenstown, to across the pond for a dunking in Queensland, we've found something to appeal to everyone over the long break.