Travel

Julie Woods aka "That Blind woman" set herself the challenge of visiting 50 countries before she turned 50. http://www.thatblindwoman.co.nz Audio

In 2011, after collecting their vehicles at Hong Kong, Jeanette Knudsen and her husband Martin plus another couple drove more or less along the Silk Road route right through to Europe, and took the… Audio

Dave Lawton left the UK in 1999 on a 12 metre sail boat called Beacon and cruised around the world with various crew before making it home to New Zealand in 2001. Audio

A couple of years ago, Auckland photographer Jessie Casson travelled to Sri Lanka with her husband and three children (then 15 months, 3 years and 7 years) to meet their sponsor child Thanushan and… Audio, Gallery

Sarah Marquis is a Swiss adventurer who spent three years crossing deserts and jungles alone, on foot with a cart carrying all she needs to survives. Her new book Wild by Nature documents her 20… Audio, Gallery

In 2003, Upper Hutt author of 'In the Lions Throat' Bob Marriott and his wife Linda visited the Plain of Jars in Laos, a mysterious megalithic archaeological landscape... Audio

Wellington photographer and keen mountaineer Andre Budd was on a climbing tour in the Himalayans when the earthquake struck Nepal last April... Audio

The difficult and magical moments Anthea Wade experienced while walking the ancient pilgrim path from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Audio

an update from Kiwi Dave Monk as he and his family, wife Rachel and sons Dylan, and Lewis, keep on with their travels around the globe - currently travelling through Spain, the Monk family recently… Audio

Darryl Lew was in the recent employment of the UAE government, running the NZ equivalent of the Environmental Protection Authority, Ministry for the Environment and Regional Council functions, and… Audio

A friendly introductory letter written by Yvonne van Dongen helped her get the assistance she needed when she happened to contract amoebic dysentery in Burma or possibly Calcutta when travelling in… Audio

Lynda Mara traveled with her mother, to the islands of Samos, Paros and Mykonos in 1996, where she enjoyed dazzling white architecture (they put salt in the plaster to make it sparkle) met working… Audio, Gallery

Christchurch teacher Rachel Meadowcroft is not only in Zambia doing some voluntary work, she will soon be marrying her Zambian fiancé, Atkins, who is a police officer. Audio