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8 bucket list. I have been to South Africa and done a safari – where a lion just sauntered along next to the jeep, quite surreal. I’ve seen orca’s splashing alongside a ship in Alaska, and a polar bear in the Arctic (albeit a long way in the distance). One of the most amazing experiences I have had with animals was being an arms-length away from a Bison herd on a snow mobile tour in Yellowstone National Park. For those who have travelled to Antarctica the wildlife seems to be the most memorable part of their journey, and for my friend Dyan, who took the photo of the horses in Iceland in last week’s issue she can’t wait to travel again to photograph more amazing creatures. I think for many travellers, animals inspire From the them to keep exploring. I know that for me ©Angama Mara there are plenty of animals that I still really want to see – like a moose, or polar bear Contents 6 Publisher (close up) – which keeps me dreaming and planning my travels for the future. What about you? Where to next? Jenny Piper Enjoy this week’s read. Maybe spend 4 Destination spotlight some time exploring the virtual zoos and Discover where in the world you should visit I hope everyone enjoyed reading issue 1 wildlife that’s available in our new world next of Travel & Cruise Weekly – Keep Dreaming. of digital travel to inspire your next real Let me just start by saying I am travels. 6 For foodies Travel the world via your tastebuds thoroughly spoilt when it comes to travel. Don’t forget to subscribe to our weekly This job has enabled me to travel the world e-newsletter as well (CLICK HERE) and 7 In the news follow us on Facebook and Instagram for Catch up on the latest travel and cruise news and see amazing things. As I look through this week’s issue, I am reminded that more inspiration. 8 Out of Africa many of my greatest travel memories and Brian Johnston shares his experience of experiences have been around animals. luxury lodges and spectacular safaris Our story on luxury lodges in Africa is 12 Take four sure to tempt readers to add this to their Wildlife encounters we can experience despite zoo closures and travel restrictions 12 14 Keep your cruising dream alive Read all about our experience of Silver Muse and why it might be your next cruise EDITORIAL PRODUCTION Suite 1, Level 2, 64 Talavera Rd Publisher – Jenny Piper Anna Piper Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia 16 Puzzles Contributors – Anna Piper, Sarah Beyer, anna.piper@traveldaily.com.au Tel: 1300 799 220 (+61 2 8007 6760) Need a way to fill in some of those extra Natalie Stannard, Bruce Piper, Myles Travel & Cruise Weekly is part of the DESIGN Stedman Business Publishing Group family of hours in isolation? Sit down with a cuppa Sarah Beyer publications. sarah.beyer@traveldaily.com.au and enjoy the puzzle pages ADVERTISING AND MARKETING www.travelandcruiseweekly.com.au Sean Harrigan 21 Travel the world with mince and advertising@cruiseweekly.com.au meatballs While we can’t physically travel, we can experience new places through our tastebuds! ©Tarryn Myburgh Front cover image: Mount Fuji in cherry blossom season, Japan 2 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 3
Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia Stretching over 10,582km2 in the Andean Plateau in South America, Salar du Uyuni, or Uyuni Salt Flat is the largest salt flat in the world. Formed through the evaporation of a prehistoric lake, this stunning plain has a thick salt crust that extends into the horizon in a polygonal pattern of salt crystals. If you’re lucky enough to visit when the nearby lakes overflow, a thin layer of water transforms Salar du Uyuni into a natural mirror, making for an impressive reflection of the sky. ©SamuelPhoto Scrimshaw credit 4 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 5
For foodies In the News Voodoo Doughnut Chocolateria San Gines ©Tim Lucas Loukoumades from Krinos ©John Kappa Donuts around the world A bubble of among the first to ease, providing opportunities to range of key routes. The $165 million initiative Food is one of the joys of travelling, and if you’re in the market for some donuts, you’re specialises in donuts from around the world – both European and US-stye. hope? at least start to scratch that international travel itch. will see Virgin operate 64 weekly flights - compared in luck. The dessert has had somewhat of a Speaking of which, Europeans love their The seeming early signs of A successful model for to its previous minimal renaissance in recent years, but where in the donuts also, and when in Athens, be sure to coronavirus containment in restarting travel to NZ could schedule which had been world can the best be found? sample Greek donuts (or loukoumades to the Australia and New Zealand also be extended to Pacific whittled down to just six The US is often referred to as the origin locals) from Krinos. Despite being nearby to have raised the prospect Island destinations, officials Sydney-Melbourne services. of the modern donut, and whichever of visitor hot spots such as the Acropolis, don’t that we may be able to head have suggested. Qantas has also lifted its the 50 states you find yourself in, you’ll be fooled – these fried treats are not just across the ditch sooner than operations to 164 weekly never be found short, but don’t just head to Dunkin. If you’re on the west coast, head tourist fodder, and deserve not to be missed. Or perhaps you prefer the Iberian-style to other destinations. Last week the idea of a Flights restart flights, up from 105, covering all capital cities as well as 36 up to Portland, where you can sample the churro, and if you’re in Madrid, check out trans-Tasman “bubble” came The Federal Government regional destinations. offerings of local chain Voodoo Doughnut; it Chocolateria San Gines, famous for its to the surface, initially from last week helped bankroll As well as passengers, the offers specialties such as the bacon maple chocolate-dipped churros. Adrian Littlewood, the CEO eight weeks of Qantas and flights will provide critical bar and the Portland cream. If you’re in the Our advice, if you’re going to sample them of Auckland Airport, who Virgin Australia domestic freight capacity in the belly Midwest, never fear, because not far away is all, leave some space in your stomach – as suggested border restrictions operations, allowing the of the aircraft for mail and Chicago institution Delightful Pastries, which hard as it may be! close to home could be airlines to restart flights on a medical equipment. 6 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 7
A hundred wildebeest hoofs rumble across a dry riverbed. The cavernous pink mouths of hippos open in yawns on the river. Stately giraffes, long- legged as supermodels, blink lush eyelashes. Lions stretch, and warthogs snuffle. Black hornbills with white wings and bizarre red faces watch you curiously from the roadside. Out of Africa Each day on an African safari brings new wildlife encounters which you can enjoy at luxury lodges. As the sun sets, you can soak off the dust in a claw-foot bath, or sit with a cocktail as zebras nibble below. At night, the display of stars Each day on an African safari brings new is extravagant, and your lodge fire wildlife encounters which you can enjoy at crackles. This combination of fabulous luxury lodges, writes Brian Johnston. landscapes, wild animals and tip-top accommodation makes a safari-lodge stay in Africa one of travel’s best experiences. Each lodge offers its own particular combinations, all different but equally rewarding. The best generally include two daily safaris, accompanied by guide and tracker. These leave early in the morning and just before sunset, when wildlife is most active. Some lodges also have night safaris, which Opposite page: offer a particular thrill. Ngorongoro Nearly all safari lodges promote the Crater Lodge, ‘Big Five’ – lion, leopard, elephant, Tanzania ©&Beyond rhino and buffalo. Don’t set too much store by this legacy of hunting days, Top: On since spotting other animals is just safari at Ulusaba in as exciting. Other large mammal South Africa species include cheetahs, baboons, ©Brian zebras and giraffes. Birdlife is also Johnston spectacular, from red-chested cuckoos Bottom: to impossibly ugly marabou storks. Spend your days While most of us link safaris with spotting the classic savannah of East Africa, animals like alternative destinations can provide Burchell’s zebras quite different wildlife experiences. ©South The floodplains of Botswana’s Africa Okavango Delta change dramatically Tourism with the seasons, and in the June- to-September flooding period are alive with shimmering dragonflies and kingfishers, eagles swooping on fish, and wallowing hippos. You’ll also 8 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002
from the restaurant terrace, Serengeti. The buildings the world’s most stunning and at Ulusaba (owned by might be in Masai mud-and- wildlife sights. One of its Richard Branson) you have brick style with banana-leaf newer lodges, Angama Mara, to barricade your windows ceilings, but guestrooms are captures the views across the against marauding baboons. cluttered with antiques and Rift Valley so romantically Elephants and rhinos chandeliers. A private butler captured in the 1985 movie sometimes wander through draws your bath and stokes Out of Africa. Alternatively, the lodge area; an elephant your winter fire. Unusually for Bateleur Camp offers hot- once devoured half the African lodges, you can even air balloon rides or walking garden flowers. get a massage or indulge safaris accompanied by a The wildlife is of course the in aromatherapy. Outside Masai warrior. Bateleur has chief attraction, but some flamingos strut on soda lakes just 18 tents, though ‘tent’ lodges supply landscapes and giraffes lollop across the doesn’t quite describe the that can be a match in savannah. leather and wood ambiance, magnificence. It’s hard to In Kenya, Maasai Mara is elegant 1930s writing desks, beat Ngorongoro Crater another famously scenic and bathrooms with glass- Lodge in Tanzania, which destination. Between June walled showers. Proof once clings right to the edge of and October, a stampede more that you certainly don’t the famous crater, gazing of wildebeest and zebra on have to rough it to have wild over a vast spread of the their migration offers one of experiences in Africa. Opposite page: see elephants and big cats, such as mountain zebra and These are particular niche Angama Mara, Kenya ©Angama as well as more unusual oryx. You can watch evening landscapes. Phinda Private Mara creatures such as honey animals at the waterhole Game Reserve in South Top: One of badgers and sable antelopes. below your deck as you sip Africa, though, provides one the rooms at A top spot to stay is on a whiskey by the fireplace. of the most varied habitats Angama Mara, Sandibe Okavango Safari Look up and you’ll be of any lodge. You can paddle Kenya ©Angama Mara Lodge, right on one of the rewarded with amazing stars. along the river to spot hippo delta’s permanent water and crocodile, scuba-dive “ Left: Look out channels and adjacent among shoals of fish off the for cheetahs on safari ©South to a wildlife reserve; the nearby coast, turtle-spot on decks of its eight thatched ...you can spot the beach, and bird-watch in Africa Tourism Right: Phinda lodges look right over the wetlands. A less well-known animals from World Heritage wetlands. You can even go on an unnerving, Private Game Reserve in South alternative to the Okavango, glass-walled specialist white-rhino safari Africa ©&Beyond however, is the recently with a tracker and armed reopened Ruckomechi showers that ranger. Camp in Zimbabwe. It sits in Mana Pools National Park, overlook the Even the truly indolent can have wildlife encounters where significant floodplains river: it’s at South African lodges. At provide a habitat for diverse Ngala Safari Lodge adjacent wildlife such as elands and hard to know to Kruger National Park, elephants. In startling contrast, whether visitor you can spot animals from glass-walled showers that Sossusvlei Desert Lodge in or passing overlook the river: it’s hard Namibia is surrounded by to know whether visitor or a parched, haunting desert zebra is the passing zebra is the most landscape of huge red sand dunes and rugged mountains, most startled startled. At Makakatana Bay Lodge you can hear hippos ” home to unusual creatures snort out of the darkness 10 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 11
Take four Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA Experience our planet’s incredible animals with these The world famous Monterey unique livestreams, click the photos to see more. Bay Aquarium has gone digital, with a collection of live streams, calming videos and ‘MeditOceans’, guided meditation featuring some of the Great Barrier aquariums animals. With ten live Reef, Australia streams to choose from including the open sea and their family of sea otters, you can experience Take a private digital tour of the the wonder of the ocean no Great Barrier Reef with David matter where you are. Attenborough himself, with an interactive journey of the world’s largest coral reef. Explore five different areas of the reef with the opportunity to take a VR dive and tour a research station at the cutting edge of reef science. ©Tim Mossholder ©Giorgia Doglioni Taronga Zoo, Australia Sydney’s own Taronga Zoo has Cincinnati Zoo, set up ‘Taronga TV’ with 24/7 USA livestreams of their most popular animal attractions, including Cincinnati Zoo is offering home seals, tigers, elephants and safaris in the form of daily meerkats. You can also tune in livestreams. Every weekday to daily keeper chats and even their Facebook page will be watch their famous seal and free showcasing a different species flight bird shows (without the of animal. Previous sessions usual crowds). have included Greater Flamingos (pictured), and the zoo’s most famous resident Fiona the baby hippo. ©William Phipps ©Tarryn Myburgh 12 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 13
Keep your cruising dream alive Just because we can’t cruise now, doesn’t mean we can’t dream where we’re going to cruise next time. We’ll be showcasing different ships each week to help you plan your next cruise. Silversea - Silver Muse Suites All suites are spacious and have ocean views, and almost all have a private balcony. They are well appointed and all attended by a private butler service 24 hours a day. Bathrooms include a full size bath, plus there is a walk in wardrobe and plenty of drawer space. Activities Guest can do as much or as little as they like with lectures during the day, shows at night, films and great music played at various bars and lounges throughout the ship. Chance Dining your luck at the Casino. Or take a dip in the pool, the whirlpool or just lounge on a Silver Muse has eight restaurant’s on offer. sunbed. The fitness centre offers specialty Instead of the traditional main dining room, classes as well as state of the art equipment. Muse has opted for more variety. Atlantide With Zagara Spa and Beauty offering an offers a la carte breakfast, lunch and dinner; array of treatments and salon services. Indochine – Asian-inspired, offers the flavours of Vietnam, India and Thailand; Kaiseki – teppanyaki-style at night but by day is the Public spaces Why? destination for fresh sushi and sashimi; Relais & Chateaux La Dame for fine dining and La There are numerous spaces for passengers Terrazza buffet style dining during the day, to relax and unwind. Tor’s Observation Library has great ocean views, or the Silver Muse offers a small ship, all-inclusive turns into a delicious Italian-themed dining peaceful retreat of the Panorama lounge experience. With only 596 passengers it feels experience at night. For outdoor dining The Connoisseurs Corner has a gentleman’s club spacious and uncrowded. The food is excellent Grill poolside serves burgers, wraps, salads and atmosphere for cigar and cognac lovers. with a variety of dining venues for the foodies. more throughout the day, at night it turns into While the Arts Café is a casual spot to sit The sleek and elegant design make it a Hot Rocks where guests can cook their own and enjoy a coffee or tea. Dolce Vita lounge destination in itself and one we would highly steaks, fish and prawns at their table. Or for a located in the centre of the ship has plenty recommend. truly Italian experience, Spaccanapoli pizzeria is the place for some of the best pizza at sea. of space for passengers to sit and relax or to Enjoy lunch or dinner under the stars here. meet up with others for a pre-dinner drink. 14 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 15
Sudoku TRICKY Where in the world? Pub quiz Unscramble How many words can you 1. How many US states are there? make out of these nine 2. Which South American capital city boasts the letters? Every word needs www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! highest elevation of any capital in the world? to include the letter in the 3. What is the busiest airport in the world in terms of centre, have four letters or passenger traffic? more and not be a proper 4. To the closest million, how many people visit the noun or a plural. You can Louvre Museum in Paris each year? only use each letter once. There’s also one word that 5. What crop is Cuba’s main agricultural export? uses all nine letters. 6. Which American city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympic Games? 7. What do German people call their motorways? There’s a pretty big clue already in this 8. What city has been dubbed the Venice of the East? 9. What country is separated from Alaska by the C A R picture, so we don’t think you’ll need any Bering Strait? I G N more help guessing where this is. 10. To the nearest 100,000, how many people visited Rottnest Island in 2019? 11. What famous landmark is this collection of pictures Pub quiz is spelling out? B H N 1. Which Pacific Islands are famous for their variety of wildlife such as giant tortoises and blue-footed booby? + + Good – 17 words Very good – 25 words 2. Which South American country boasts the Cartagena World Heritage site? 3. What country was Charles de Gaulle talking about when he claimed: “No one can Excellent – 33 words simply bring it together because it has 265 kinds of cheese”? 4. What flightless bird is the national symbol of New Zealand? NOTE: We’ve used Chambers 5. What is the name of the island that is home to the Statue of Liberty? + Dictionary to decide what words are acceptable. 6. What country would you be heading to on the Road to Mandalay? 7. What city takes tourists to the Anne Frank House? 8. Which company’s “finger lickin’ good” slogan became eat your fingers off when launched in China? 9. Which iconic Japanese volcano last erupted in 1707? 10. What percentage of Antarctica is covered by ice? Whose flag 11. What city this collection of pictures is spelling out? is this? This country is home to some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet, + + though only a few of its plants and animals are depicted in the country’s coat of arms on the in the top corner of the flag. Which country’s flag is this? 16 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 17
Pub quiz Unscramble Sudoku DIABOLICAL Whose flag is this? How many words can you make out 1. True or false: it is illegal to lick a toad in of these nine letters? Every word Los Angeles? needs to include the letter in the www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! 2. Which country does the island of Rhodes centre, have four letters or more and belong to? not be a proper noun or a plural. 3. What was the former site of the two You can only use each letter once. temples celebrating Ramses II and There’s also one word that uses all Nefertari, before they were moved nine letters. because of flooding by the waters of the Aswan High Dam? 4. Which two rivers flow through Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Kuwait? D M U The rising sun on a flag is most commonly associated with Japan’s well-known 5. Japan’s Shinkansen popularly known as N O N standard, but it doesn’t look like this. (“bullet-train”) commenced operation in So which country, once part of the Soviet what year? Union would wave this flag proudly? 6. What is the name of the class of Royal U R E Caribbean International vessels that features the split open-atrium structure with Central Park and the Boardwalk? 7. Grand Canyon National Park is larger than which US state? 8. What is the name of the newest land at Good – 17 words Very good – 26 words Pub quiz Disneyland? Excellent – 34 words 1. What is the capital of Fiji? 9. Which country has the most active 2. Which of Monaco’s four quarters is best known for its casinos? volcanoes in the world? NOTE: We’ve used Chambers Dictionary 3. What country’s flag was reversed to become the flag of the Red Cross? 10. Which airline operated the first A380? to decide what words are acceptable. 4. What is Rio de Janeiro’s most popular beach? 5. What sea does the Danube empty into? 6. Where is the busiest cruise port in the United States located? 7. Which city is home to Australia’s oldest casino? Where in 8. What did Chicago see America’s first example of in 1884? 9. When did construction finish on the Sydney Tower? the world? 10. Qantas is actually an acronym. What does it stand for? 11. What country does this collection of pictures spell out? These curious cartoon characters can be found in one of the many harbourside cities + + around the world. Do you think you know where you could spot them? + 18 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 19
Whose flag is this? Travel the world with mince & meatballs There many nations that feature the distinctive arrangement of stars that makes up the Southern Cross. The name of that constellation We can only afford mince at the moment and we’re confined to gives a big hint as well. Do you our homes but that doesn’t mean we can’t travel the world with know whose flag this is? our tastebuds. Each week we will feature a recipe from a different corner of the globe. Pub quiz Sudoku FIENDISH Aunt Lilly’s 1. Which city’s attractions The aim of Sudoku is to complete the entire grid using the numbers 1-9. Each number can only be Malaysian Chicken include Rembrandt’s House used once in each row, once in each column, and and the Rijksmuseum? once in each of the 3×3 boxes. Meatballs 2. What is the Japanese name for Japan? 3. What country was known as Served with vermicelli the Gift of the Nile? noodle salad www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! 4. Which city are you in if you are visiting the tourist attractions of Yu Garden, The These Asian-style meatballs are Jade Buddha Temple and a perfect easy dinner - just throw The Oriental Pearl Tower? all the ingredients together, cook and enjoy. The meatballs are 5. Who first uttered the phrase very moreish so maybe consider “I’ll slip an extra shrimp on doubling the recipe as they the barbie for you” during freeze well also. Australia’s Come and Say G’day tourist campaign? 6. Which French region contains the village that gave its name Ingredients Method to Camembert cheese? MEATBALLS Cucumber, sliced Mix all the meatball ingredients, except 500g chicken mince Handful of coriander, torn the peanut oil, together and shape into 7. What city is referred to as 1 crushed garlic clove balls or patties, whatever you’d prefer. The Windy City? 1 tbsp finely grated ginger SALAD DRESSING Heat the peanut oil in a frying pan and 8. What religion is followed by 2 spring onions, finely 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce cook the meatballs until cooked through. more than 90% of people in sliced 1 tbsp fish sauce Add to salad ingredients. Thailand? 1 tbsp lemongrass, 1 tbsp fresh lime juice For the salad dressing, put all the pounded into a paste ingredients in a jar and give it a good 9. What is New York City’s most 1 tbsp peanut oil shake. popular nickname? Dress the salad and plant yourself in 10. Which sunny tourist hot spot SALAD front of the TV to enjoy this fresh and in the Atlantic is Britain’s Vermicelli noodles, delicious meal. prepared as per the packet oldest colony? Shredded carrot Snow peas, sliced All answers are on page 22 20 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 21
Feeling Puzzle answers inspired? Page 16 Unscramble: demo, demon, doer, dome, done, dorm, dour, drone, dunno, euro, mode, 1 The Galapagos islands, 2 Colombia, modern, more, morn, mouse, mound, mourn, 3 France, 4 The kiwi, 5 Liberty Island, 6 mourned, muon, neon, neuron, node, none, Myanmar, 7 Amsterdam, 8 KFC, 9 Mount Fuji, norm, noun, omen, redo, rode, rone, roue, 10 99%, 11 Chicago (shh + car + go) round, undo, undone, UNMOURNED Where in the world: Nantucket, USA Page 19 Contact your local travel agent to start planning Sudoku: Pub quiz: 1 Suva, 2 Monte Carlo, 3 Switzerland, 4 Copacabana, 5 The Black Sea, 6 Miami, 7 Hobart, 8 A skyscraper, 9 1981, 10 Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service, 11 your next dream holiday Madagascar (mad + ahh + gas + car) Whose flag is this: Krgyzstan Page 17 Sudoku: 1 50, 2 La Paz, Bolivia, 3 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 4 10 million (10.2 million), 5 Sugar, 6 Los Angeles, 7 Autobahns, 8 Bangkok, 9 Russia, 10 800,000 (770,000), 11 Eiffel Tower (eye + full [moon] + tow + ergh) Unscramble: aching, acing, agin, arching, arcing, bang, baring, bhang, bracing, brag, Page 20 BRANCHING, brig, bring, caning, caring, chagrin, cigar, crag, craning, gain, garb, garni, 1 Amsterdam, 2 Nippon, 3 Egypt, grab, grain, gran, grin, hang, haring, nigh, 4 Shanghai, 5 Paul Hogan, 6 Normandy, Subscribe to Travel & Cruise racing, ranching, rang, ring 7 Chicago, 8 Buddhism, 9 The Big Apple, 10 Bermuda Weekly and follow us on Whose flag is this: Venezuela Facebook and Instagram for Whose flag is this: Samoa more travel ideas. Page 18 Sudoku: Pub quiz: 1 True, 2 Greece, 3 Abu Simbel, CLICK HERE to subscribe. 4 The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, 5 1964, 6 Oasis class, 7 Rhode Island, 8 Star Wars: facebook.com/ Galaxy’s Edge, 9 Indonesia, 10 Singapore Airlines travelcruiseweekly Where in the world: Hong Kong @travelcruiseweekly 22 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 002 23
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