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keep dreaming... tropical edition

70 Glen Osmond Road, Parkside, SA | (08) 8274 1222 [email protected] I love this week’s special tropical edition, it has got me longing for a good flop 8 and drop holiday. For me the ultimate do nothing holiday is at the beach somewhere, and an island is always a dream option. I have to confess that Fiji is one of my favourite destinations, as there are so many choices of places to stay for all budgets, from private island resorts to resorts along the coast of the main island of Viti Levu. I can’t wait to get back there when we are allowed, and maybe that will be sometime in 2021 as the talk continues of a Pacific bubble, let’s keep our fingers crossed. For those who love the TV show – From the Survivor, we take at look at the islands that have been used over the years for different Publisher seasons and what can be discovered on ©Cook Islands Tourism them. And for cruisers – where to go for Jenny Piper the ultimate island cruise experience. Be inspired by this week’s issue as we have a look at all sorts of island holiday options. Contents 16 Pop into your travel agent for some ideas so you are ready when we get the green 4 Destination spotlight light to travel. Discover where in the world you should As usual there is much more to inspire visit next your future travels – so enjoy the read, and 6 For foodies don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Celebrate the New Caledonian avocado Instagram (@travelcruiseweekly) for more festival stories to keep you dreaming.

7 In the news ©Meradhoo Catch up on the latest travel and cruise news 8 Catch a break Craig Tansley shows you how you can have your own Survivor-like experiences in the South Pacific islands 16 Take Four Private islands to truly escape 18 18 Keep your cruising dream alive Go to sleep in one tropical destination and EDITORIAL PRODUCTION Suite 1, Level 2, 64 Talavera Rd wake up in the next with these destinations Publisher – Jenny Piper Anna Piper Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia perfect for island cruising Contributors – Craig Tansley, Bruce Piper, [email protected] Tel: 1300 799 220 (+61 2 8007 6760) Adam Bishop, Sarah Beyer, Abbey Sands DESIGN Travel & Cruise Weekly is part of the 20 Puzzles Business Publishing Group family of

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2 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 3 The Great Barrier Reef, QLD

Spanning 2,300kms of Australia’s north-east coast, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. Explore the marine ecosystem by swimming, snorkeling, diving or sailing. Often described as a living masterpiece, a visit to this natural wonder of the world will be remembered for years to come.

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For foodies Falaises de Jokin ©Daniel Maviet Avo go in New Caledonia While it may be known for its blue In terms of practicalities? New Caledonia is lagoon waters, white sand beaches and less than a three hour flight from Sydney and standards for hand hygiene, The comprehensive portfolio French culture, there is so much more to less than two hours from Brisbane. Flights to US lifts “no- face coverings, social is available for booking New Caledonia than meets the eye…or the Maré depart daily from capital city Noumea, sail” order distancing and sanitation. effective immediately via stomach, for that matter. The South Pacific and operators like NC Voyages and Entire Cruise Lines International travel agents, with departures archipelago is home to some of the best Travel can help book visits to the Avocado The global cruising Association Australasia MD from early next year on nine dining and produce in the region, as well Festival. industry has welcomed an Joel Katz hailed the news, fully escorted holidays in as a jam-packed calendar of events that announcement by America’s saying the organisation was Australia and four in NZ. showcases its tropical flavours. Centers for Disease Control “advocating for a similar Globus Family of Brands One such event is the Avocado Festival, and Prevention (CDC) measured and carefully MD Australasia, Gai Tyrrell, which takes place each year on the island of which will allow a phased managed resumption of local said the company had asked Maré - part of the Loyalty Islands, which sit resumption for voyages in US cruise itineraries in Australia Aussies what they wanted off the east coast of New Caledonia’s main waters under a “Framework and New Zealand that work to see from an escorted island. Avocados are one of the main foods for Conditional Sailing”. within our international tour close to home, and had grown on Maré, and the three-day festival Cruise lines must show border restrictions”. worked closely with suppliers celebrates the humble fruit, the work of the Avocado festival ©DIL & NCTPS strict adherence to stringent and tourism boards to island’s farmers and its local Kanak culture. health and safety protocols, Globus goes create the perfect itineraries The dates of the festival vary each year, undertaking “mock” voyages combining hassle-free however, visitors can expect to enjoy stalls with volunteers prior to being domestic travel with a host of unique from local farmers selling their crops or allowed to resume normal experiences. showing off their crafts, food tastings, dance passenger sailings. International tour operator Extensive health measures and musical performances and opportunities Rapid laboratory testing of Globus and Cosmos has for will be in place along with to experience a stay with a Kanak family and all passengers and crew must the first time ever launched SafetyNet protection allowing explore the island’s lagoons and natural be undertaken on arrival itineraries for local travellers cancellations without penalty landscapes. Maré ©DIL & NCTPS and departure, along with in Australia and New Zealand. up to 30 days before travel.

6 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 7 When the producers of Adventure options Survivor were scouting While Samoans are the planet for wild but famous for their sleepy pristine landscapes where lifestyles (sleeping is contestants could suffer considered a national to survive while viewers pastime) there are many could fantasise over green ways a visitor can take mountainous hinterlands, to the island’s stunning secret white sandy bays and coastline and untapped stunning blue seas, they hinterland. Visit some of didn’t go further than the the South Pacific’s most South Pacific. For this is the powerful waterfalls on Earth’s wildest and most a waterfall crawl tour, unaffected retreat from the incorporating a visit to modern world. We look at Samoa’s most famous where Survivor’s been set natural attraction, the Sua and how you can find your Ocean Trench (used as a own wild adventure in these setting in Survivor) – climb islands. 30 metres down a ladder into a massive waterhole Samoa fed by water flowing through lava tubes from US Survivor series 19, the ocean (hold your breath 20, 23 and 24 were filmed and swim into a blue water in Samoa and Australian cave, or right out into the Survivor was filmed here in lagoon for extra thrills). 2016 and 2017. Cycle your way along The Survivor guide to Samoa is that south deserted roads in southern seas hideout you probably Upolu and Savaii, looking always imagined. Adhering at Survivor sites. There are to its age-old traditions few cars on the road and the South Pacific more than any other the speed limit’s a leisurely country in Polynesia, 40km/h, making it safer paramount chiefs still rule for cycling here. You’ll ride Craig Tansley shows you how you can have your own Survivor-like the population, and locals through remote villages experiences in the South Pacific islands the series were filmed in. live in tiny villages in simple where children come out huts called fales which to say hello, stopping for have no walls. So just being swims to cool down. here will make you feel like Samoa is actually where Top: The Mamanuca islands you’re already on Survivor. surfing began (not Hawaii); in Fiji have been home to the And nowhere in the South and there’s still some of American version of Survivor Pacific is more pristine: the Pacific’s best waves since 2017 ©Tavyland there are waterfalls at breaking onto deserted Left: Surfing in Samoa every turn of the road, and line-ups. These aren’t for is some of the best in deserted bays where big the world, but for the beginners – all waves in experienced with waves surf breaks onto protective Samoa break onto sharp breaking on sharp coral reefs. And to get into a coral. There are numerous ©Sa’Moana Resort natural attraction, you’ll surf camps (from simple Right: For a heart-racing have to pay the local family bungalows to luxury villas) experience check out the who own it (relax, it’s just a on the more populated blowholes in Savaii in Samoa ©Craig Tansley few Samoan tala – A$4-5). island of Upolu and the big

8 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 9 island of Savaii. Take a 20 minute boat ride to an island with no roads, no cars and, until just a decade ago, no electricity. Located just off the western coast of Upolu, take a day tour to the tiny island of Manono and hike the island and snorkel its pristine lagoons and hunt for fish just like you’re onSurvivor . Is it easy to access the Survivor sites? There are Survivor location sites all over the main island of Upolu – and most are easily accessible. All it takes is a small entrance fee to the local family who own the land. On the bigger, but less developed, Mt Yasu on Tanna in Vanuatu (© David Kirkland) island of Savaii you can go to significant landmarks used in the filming of the show, the best being the Taga Blowholes (where Far left: Mt Yasur on Tanna Island in you can throw a coconut in a hole in the Vanuatu is an active coral reef and watch it blow into the air) or volcano ©David Afu Asu Falls – the prettiest waterfall in the Kirkland South Pacific. Top: For a more relaxed outing (but still with some Survivor vibes), Vanuatu explore Santos island on local US Survivor season 9 was filmed in canoe ©David Vanuatu in 2004. Kirkland Exploding volcanoes, cargo tribes who Right: A land live as they always have in the forests and diving ceremony worship demi-gods like Prince Philip (yes, in Vanuatu ©David Kirkland Prince Philip), land diving ceremonies (which bungy jumping originated from), abseiling down raging waterfalls – Vanuatu offers adventure tourists more than your-mouth death defying stunts to easy harvest, local men on the island of Pentecost the Ipai traditional village was set up on the most destinations on Earth (little wonder thrills for the whole family. Abseil down a leap from makeshift scaffolding to the ground show. Survivor chose to come here). Vanuatu is a waterfall in cascades just outside the main with vines attached to their ankles. Then go You don’t have to travel far outside the mix of modern amenities (especially on the tourist hub of Port Vila. At Mele Cascades you swimming with dugongs and turtles. main tourist port of Port Vila to see where main island of Efate) and primitive, pagan can descend down two 25 metre waterfalls Fly 50 minutes from Port Vila to Espiritu the series was filmed, settings begin just 20 villagers etching out a life in the forests. set amongst lush tropical rainforest. Santo and dive the world’s best wreck dive. minutes drive from the town. There are 83 islands in the archipelago, Take a day tour past traditional villages The SS Coolidge was a luxury passenger liner so how much adventure you’d like to have where locals flock to the road side to wave, converted to a troop carrier for WWII and is entirely up to you. Most tourists won’t to one of the world’s most active volcanoes sunk just off the island. It’s completely intact, Fiji venture beyond Efate (where most of that’s open to visitors. Hot rocks the size of is 200 metres long and sits in between 20 and Survivor was filmed), but there’s so much US Survivor series 14 and every season from small cars are spat out of Mt Yasur, and you’ll 72 metres of water. 33 onwards have been filmed in Fiji, as has more waiting on the islands of Santos, Mt Yasur on Tanna (© David Kirkland) get to climb the volcano and see it erupting Is it easy to access the Survivor Australian Survivor since season 5. Tanna and beyond. right on sunset. sites? Fiji is as wild as you’d like it to be. While Adventure options Catch a short flight from Port Vila to many travellers won’t make it beyond the Vanuatu is an adventure lover’s mecca witness one of the world’s truly amazing Head to Mt Yasur on the island of Tanna to see where contestants rode horses beneath modern luxuries of Denarau Island (near – there’s everything you could imagine spectacles (contestants on Survivor were the arrival point of Nadi) with its five-star available in these islands, from heart-in- forced to try this). Each year to bless the yam an erupting volcano. Tanna is also where

10 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 11 resorts, there’s a lot more the Manunucas. magnet for the world’s best Is it easy to access the Survivor adventure to be had. There surfers, Tavarua provides Adventure options sites? were cannibals in Fiji barely You can do as the Survivor access to seven wave 80 years ago –retreat to locations, including one of You can stay right amongst the settings contestants did before – of the series since season 33 of Survivor in the island’s highlands leaving the fancy resorts and the world’s most revered where locals still live in waves, Cloudbreak. the Manamucas. There are 20 tiny islands hotels behind you to take on here so it’s easy to access the sites, hire traditional villages for a the jungle in the highlands Contestants on Survivor glimpse at what might have series 14 battled in the a speedboat for a tour to access all the of Fiji, or island-hop your islands from Port Denarau. been. Fiji has everything for way across the Mananucas, Macuatu province of Fiji’s adventure travellers looking second largest island, Vanua And stay at Mana Island Resort where the setting for two of the some of the action was set and the crew for their very own Survivor Survivor series. Levu, but the island is most experience. It’s home to famous for its diving. This stayed. The island itself has been booked Take a rafting tour down out by the Survivor crew since 2017 and was some of the world’s best the Upper Navua River is one of the Pacific’s best reef surf (the world surf tour diving spots – famed for its again this year as well, until the COVID-19 on the main island of Viti pandemic put filming on hold. visits once a year), its waters Levu – choosing to sleep steep wall dives, caves, soft offer world’s best diving, out overnight in tents – or coral and huge pelagics. Visit fishing and snorkelling, go for a day tour. You’ll see between April and October. Cook Islands while the jungle offers a side of Fiji few ever see, Charter a catamaran for the hikers, kayakers, rafters and journeying past subsistence ultimate adventure holiday US Survivor series 13 was filmed here in mountain bikers endless farmers providing for their around Vanua Levu. Charter 2006. thrills. Although the first families in traditional a boat and find your own Did you know the concept for Survivor Survivor series filmed here villages along the river. private beaches and hike actually grew out of the failure of another? Top: It’s not quite a Survivor challenge, but you can test in 2004 put Fiji on the map, through jungle to 30-metre- Technically, the Cook Islands began the your balancing skills with some paddleboard yoga in the Surf just a few kilometres Cook islands let’s not forget Castaway from the series 33 to 40 high waterfalls all through whole Survivor phenomenon when the BBC Bottom: Another TV show filmed in the Cook Islands was was filmed just next door setting of Survivor at the the setting for Survivor at series, Shipwrecked, was filmed here in 2000. It didn’t fare well on the ratings, but the catalyst for the conception of Survivor ©Cook Islands on the island of Monuriki in iconic surf resort, Tavarua. A Macautu. Tourism American producer Mark Burnett loved the concept, and conceived Survivor from it. Aitutaki in the Cook Islands looks like the sort of place Survivor belongs. It’s home to the South Pacific’s second most famous lagoon. The most famous lagoon of all – Bora Bora’s in French Polynesia – is full of private island five-star resorts where Hollywood goes to honeymoon. Aitutaki’s equilateral-shaped lagoon (each side is 12km long) is made up of 75km2 that’s almost entirely uninhabited. There are 12 tiny islets (called motus) here – and only one island has accommodation on it at all (and it’s very low-key). Adventure options It’s easy to bring out your inner Survivor in Aitutaki. This is an island made for Robinson Crusoe: stow away to an uninhabited islet and imagine you’re a contestant battling for the big prize. For an adventure option,take a rafting tour Take either a full day lagoon cruise with down the Upper Navua River on the main others, or get dropped off for the day on island of Viti Levu ©Aaron March your own private islet, or charter a speed-

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boat for a day or half-day. This is your chance Bring out your inner Polynesian warrior to get as adventurous as you like – you can as you help construct a traditional feast have a driver take you wherever you want, to at an underground oven (umukai) just as climb coconut trees, snorkel the clear waters, the contestants in Survivor had to do. The or just loll for hours in the waters of your owner of this tour was even one of the main own private island. Polynesian consultants on Survivor – who Paddle, sail, kayak or kite-surf your way ensured producers kept to Cook Island across one of the world’s most pristine traditions. You’ll also get to see a sacred lagoons. There’s nowhere safer on Earth – burial ground (marae). Aitutaki’s lagoon is protected from predators Is it easy to access the Survivor by its barrier reef, and the water is so clear you’ll clearly see the bottom even from 10 sites? metres up. You can travel by your own steam It’s dead easy. Contestants spent 39 days to all the islets of the lagoon, including the on the uninhabited island of Moturakau, setting for Survivor. living off coconuts and crabs. It’s a tiny Retreat to Aitutaki to find inner peace on island you can walk across in minutes, but top of a lagoon. Join a stand-up paddleboard it’s beaches are beautiful and deserted, yoga retreat and live off coconuts and and the water that fringes it is fantastic tropical fruits as you take your paddleboard for snorkelling and swimming. Get there out to sand spits that appear at low tide and by booking a day hire speedboat tour, or uninhabited islands sprinkled throughout the paddle-boarding, sailing, kayaking or kite- lagoon. surfing there from the main island, eight CALL 1-800-754-500 kilometres south-east. CONTACT YOUR TRAVEL ADVISOR VISIT CELEBRITY.COM/AU

14 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 15 Take four Felicite Island Located in the Seychelles The ultimate way to escape the crowded rat race. Here are archipelago in the Indian four private islands for holidaymakers willing to pay for Ocean, Felicite Island is home to the remote Six Senses Zil unrivalled isolation. Pasyon resort, the only luxury accommodation available in this tropical paradise. The Meradhoo island can only be accessed via 20-minute helicopter ride from Words simply do not do this island the Seychelles International justice. This private overwater island Airport and amenities at this features 22 amazing villas perched 28-villa property include an above the beautiful Gaafu Alifu open-air restaurant with ocean atoll, all part of the luxury Raffles views, cafes, bars and fitness Maldives Meradhoo resort. When centre. You can book individually, not snorkelling on the unspoilt however for groups seeking tropical reef nearby, visitors can the privacy of an entire island grab a bite at one of several high to themselves, all villas can be class restaurants, including The reserved for up to 20 guests for Firepit barbecue venue, the Nikkei $538,000 for a one-week stay. cuisine inspired Yuzu eatery, and the Yapa Sunset Bar, which serves up South American and Japanese cocktails and light bites. Group bookings here are a cool US$1 million for four nights. Toberua Island Resort Necker Island This Pacific nirvana boasting 16 recently refurbished traditional Many of us wish we could live Fijian bures is the ultimate way and breathe the lavish lifestyle of to experience the relaxation of successful entrepreneur Sir Richard Bulla time. The petite island has Branson, but now travellers have the everything you need to unwind, such chance to do just that – well, for a as a massage and spa centre, ocean- little while anyway. Branson’s famous facing bar and gourmet restaurant, private getaway, Necker Island in the and treated saltwater swimming British Virgin Islands, has only in the pools. For those wanting something a last couple of years opened itself up to little more active, there is also a golf commercial tourism. There are virtually course on offer (at low tide anyway) no limits to the fun to be had here, and a fully equipped gymnasium. from wakeboarding to paddleboarding For the true romantics, Toberua on the water, to yoga classes, spa has a host of packages catering to treatments and fitness classes on couples looking either to get married land. An exclusive group stay for up or renew their wedding vows. Group to 34 people will set you back a paltry bookings are also available from US$87,500 (A$122,700) per night. $12,138 per night for up to 36 guests.

16 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Fiji Keep your Blue Lagoon Cruises The main island of Fiji is home to cruising many beautiful resorts, but the nation is much more than just one island. With some of the most beautiful scenery in the South Pacific, the island dream alive chains of Yasawa and Mamanuca are best explored on a cruise. Blue Lagoon There is no better way to explore islands than a cruise. Spend your days Cruises operates three, four and seven relaxing on beaches, snokelling and sipping cocktails. Head to bed after night itineraries through these islands on board small ship Fiji Princess. The a day in one stunning tropical destination, and wake up in the next. crew is 100% Fijian, ensuring you get to know the locals and with many of ©Blue Lagoon Cruises the islands close together you’ll spend a maximum of four hours cruising Hawaii each day, leaving plenty of time to Norwegian Cruise explore the islands and beaches. Line The islands that make up Hawaii are incredibly diverse, meaning you’ll need a decent amount of time on a trip to the Aloha French state if you want to explore most of them. That, or why not a cruise. Norwegian Cruise Line is the only operator of cruises around Polynesia & Hawaii year-round, onboard Pride of America. On it seven-night itinerary, you’ll visit four Tahiti islands across seven days, packing the best of each into just a week. Highlights include Paul Gauguin witnessing Kilauea Volcano and taking in the Cruises dramatic views of the Na Pali Coast. French Polynesia is made up of 118 islands, of which Tahiti is the largest. The islands are spread across an area similar in size to Western Europe, making a cruise one of the best ways to see this region. Paul Gauguin Cruises operates the Paul Gauguin, a small ©Paul Gauguin Cruises ship designed specifically to sail these waters. The cruise line has a range of itineraries between seven and 14 nights that allow travellers to experience this ©NCL destination in luxury, as well as get to know the unique culture of the islands.

18 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 19 Sudoku EASY Whose flag is this? Pub quiz Unscramble Complete the entire grid using the How many words can you make out numbers 1-9. Numbers can only be used 1. Downtown Adelaide’s grid plan is known of these nine letters? Every word once in each row, column, and 3×3 box. by what name, which is also a reference needs to include the letter in the to one of the city’s founding fathers? centre, have four letters or more and 2. Willis Tower in Chicago is home to which not be a proper noun or a plural. US-based airline, which occupies 20 of You can only use each letter once. the building’s floors? There’s also one word that uses all 3. To the nearest 10,000, how many people nine letters. live in Western Australia’s Kimberley region? 4. The monarch of which country is known This nation has had many flags during its as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong? B C B history, with three different flags before this one. Something very similar to this 5. Which public company invaded Sri flag, first flown in Egypt, was introduced Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1795? in 1952, except with three green stars as 6. Kingston Heath Golf Club, which A I D well as the Arabic script. features one of the premier courses in The stars were removed in 2004 to leave Australia, is located in which state or this flag as the official ensign, and it was territory? adopted formally in 2008. 7. What currency is used in Macao? K R L www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! Do you know whose flag it is? 8. Boorloo is the indigenous name for which Australian city? Good – 16 words 9. The Canadian Rockies lie across the Very good – 24 words border of which two provinces? Excellent – 31 words 10. Which county’s national anthem begins, Pub quiz NOTE: We’ve used Chambers Dictionary to “arise, children of the fatherland”? decide what words are acceptable. 1. Which city do South Africans refer to as the ‘Mother City’? 2. When did Maori tribes first settle in the area which is now Auckland? a) 14th century b) 15th century c) 16th century Where in the 3. An automated teller machine (ATM) first appeared in which city? 4. The final of the next Rugby League World Cup will be held in which city? world? 5. Until gaining its independence in 1971, Qatar was ruled by which country? This bridge is a double-decked metal 6. As the crow flies, is Cairns closer to Brisbane or Darwin? arch bridge spanning across a river and 7. What is the name of the South Australian peninsula located immediately south of connecting two cities. Adelaide? When it was constructed in the late 19th 8. The border between which two countries runs across the summit of Mount Everest? century its span (172m) was the longest 9. Standing at 875m, what is the highest point on Lord Howe Island? of its type in the world. It was originally designed to just have 10. Which airline is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas? a single deck to facilitate ships moving 11. What city is this collection of pictures spelling out? up and down the river but was changed to a double deck due to the growth of ZZ Z the population. Today the bridge carries + + + both metro trams and pedestrian traffic but no motor vehicles. Can you name the bridge or the city it is found in?

20 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 21 Pub quiz Malaysia word search 1. Abolished in 1994, when was apartheid initially introduced in South Africa? E S E N I H C Y B Q U S Y S S See if you can find these a) In the 1920s P Y L K Q J X D I W Y S W M A words. They are hidden b) In the 1930s horizontally, vertically c) In the 1940s N E G E R I S E M B I L A N M and diagonally, forwards and backwards. 2. How many years before Europeans did Maoris settle in Auckland? A T T S R B R G J L I L G Z B a) Roughly 400 years b) Roughly 500 years S U T R H U N M A L A Y T N A c) Roughly 600 years I O G I O A P N I Y I U A O L 3. The Yorke Peninsula separates which two inlets of water? 4. Which airline is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia? L R W N N N G M A B N D Y O B 5. Sri Lanka’s two capitals are Colombo and which other city? E E L E A K A N U E L S G S E 6. Which city plays host to the United Nations’ African headquarters? M C P X A D T S L L N N U N L 7. The traditional name of Rubibi refers to which Western Australian town? 8. What is the largest city in Victoria’s Grampians region? A I M W D I N T T Q A R E O A 9. MGM Resorts International draws its name from which media company? K P I K G H E E T O L L O M C 10. The United Kingdom’s Straits Settlements was dissolved after World War II, and now form parts of which three countries? I S M E U E W L G H W I A F A Q K R M B A T U C A V E S U N R E V I R K A W A R A S R Q K Y Z N T J R W R X M I S V S R Whose flag is this? Unscramble How many words can you make out BATUCAVES KUALALUMPUR MONSOON PETRONASTOWERS of these nine letters? Every word BEETLENUT LANGKAWI NASILEMAK SAMBALBELACAN needs to include the centre letter, CHINESE MALAY NEGERISEMBILAN SARAWAKRIVER have four letters or more and not be GENDANG MALAYANTIGER PENANG SPICEROUTE a proper noun or a plural. You can only use each letter once. A P T Where in the world? This is the largest town and the capital L U E of this island. A bustling port, the town This country is known as the “Land of the is set in a natural harbour and fringed Thunder Dragon” in its native language, and by high ground and cliffs. the sound of thunder throughout the nation’s C It is a popular holiday destination for mountains and valleys is said to be the voice of E N tourists and the harbour is used for dragons, hence the moniker. Good – 14 words fishing boats as well as pleasure craft. However the flag design may not have Very good – 21 words This town makes a good base for originated from this, with similar designs used exploring the rest of the island which for centuries by a neighbouring country. Excellent – 28 words has many famous rock formations. Do you know whose flag this is? NOTE: We’ve used Chambers Dictionary to Where in the world is this? decide what words are acceptable.

22 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 029 23 Make it at home Puzzle answers In these stressful times, we’re often looking Page 20 Page 22 for a drink, so why not make one of our Pub quiz: 1 Cape Town, 2 a) 14th century, 3 Pub quiz: 1 c) 1940s, 2 b) 500 years, 3 Spencer London, 4 Manchester, 5 United Kingdom, Gulf and St. Vincent Gulf, 4 Delta Air Lines, unique cocktail recipes at home! 6 Darwin, by about 20 kilometres, 7 Fleurieu 5 Sri Jayawardenepura, 6 Nairobi, 7 Broome, Peninsula, 8 China and Nepal, 9 Mount 8 Ballarat, 9 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Gower, 10 American Airlines, Port Moresby 10 Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore (port + moor[ing] + zzz + bee) Unscramble: acute, aunt, caul, clue, cult, cute, La Vie en Whose flag is this: Iraq eluate, elute, lucent, lunate, lute, nucleate, peanut, peculate, penult, PETULANCE, puce, Rose Sudoku: pule, punt, taupe, teacup, tuna, tune, ulna, unapt, uncap, uncle, unlace This is one of the Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo’s Whose flag is this: Bhutan cocktails. The hotel is located in the heart of Monaco and features a belle-epoque style Page 23 with spaces designed by Karl Lagerfeld, four restaurants and Where in the world: Portree, Isle of Skye, a Givenchy spa. Unfortunately Scotland we’re not going to be sipping Page 21 the La Vie en Rose on the balcony of the hotel for a bit Unscramble: acid, acrid, arid, bail, baldric, of time, but make this cocktail baldrick, bardic, bilk, bird, BLACKBIRD, braid, at home for a taste of the brick, bridal, cadi, crib, dial, dirk, kail, laid, luxurious hotel and glimpse of lair, laird, liar, lick, lire, rabbi, rabid, raid, rail, the principality it is located in. rial, ribald, rick

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