Travel

Cantabrian John McCaskey caught the train in Beijing, it changed gauge at the Mongolian border, and then it crossed into the Gobi desert. Audio, Gallery

Go back in New Zealand history about one generation, and you'd find a nation of tea drinkers. Travelers would encounter tea rooms scattered throughout the Dominion, usually in small towns. These were… Audio

Kirsten Rødsgaard-Mathiesen once found herself the only woman on a wilderness trip camping down the Kodiak River fishing for salmon and dodging grizzly bears. Audio

Out and about in rural Wisconsin. Audio

Graham Reid takes us on a musical journey during war time in Vietnam. We also hear why he jumped on a plane and went to Saigon in 1969 in his civvies. Audio

Lost and found - on the virtues of Geocaching and the road less travelled. Audio

Amelia Nurse visits the prayer facilities at Auckland International Airport and discovers who uses them and why. Audio

New Zealand-born writer Barbara Unkovic reminisces about an idyllic life on the island of Korcula in Croatia. Audio

Kennedy Warne heads south to Te Wahipounamu. Audio

The sights and Sounds of South Africa. Audio

Kennedy's in Tsitsikamma National Park, on the southern coast of South Africa. He's discussing pelican-chasing conservation volunteers, and star-watching dung beetles. Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

Kennedy Warne has been diving with sharks in Mozambique in the south-east of Africa. Audio

Postcard from 'prune country' in the south-west of France. Audio

Thoughts from France and Rachel Carson. Audio

Inspired by pioneer length of New Zealand walker A. H. Reed, 50-year-young grannie Linda Donaldson is living life without regrets, like by walking Te Araroa Trail and raising funds toward… Audio

For Auckland-based life coach and artist Jo Hutchinson, a realisation that corporate life just wasn't enough was the trigger that changed her life around and led her down new paths. She needed to do… Audio

It's taken him almost two weeks, but Jimi Hunt is finally about to finish his great mission. Audio

Claire Insley also known as Rainbow Claire, has more or less visited a country in every continent, and along the way has managed to witness a fight between a polar bear and a walrus. Audio

Home Brew and @Peace MC Tom Scott heads to Laos, Thailand and Cambodia to sample the sounds, smells and tastes of new lands and different cultures. Audio, Gallery