Kia Orana from the Cook...

Yesterday, the Turquoise team proudly hosted a wonderful group of dancers and musicians from the Cook Islands, who are currently over in the UK in honour of the Queens Jubilee. Having spent the weekend dancing at the Jubilee pageant at Windsor castle, amongst celebrities such as Susan...

New Zealand’s Uni...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stay in a factory, an old school house, a gardener’s hut, or even an old woolshed, well now you can?  That is what is so wonderful about New Zealand’s baches (holiday homes) they come in all shapes and sizes and offer a wonderfully...

The Big Trip…a gu...

So, you’re planning a trip of a lifetime. You have your time booked off work; you’ve collected hundreds of brochures from travel agents; you know you want this to be a special holiday that will live on in your memory forever… But now what? For a trip that is this important,...

Sweet Sensations in St....

For chocolate lovers who thought life couldn’t get any better than visiting one of the many Hotel Chocolat shops around the UK, the new Hotel Chocolat, Boucan Hotel in St. Lucia really is something to behold! Since 2005 the famous chocolatier company, known for their deliciously mouth...

A message from Thailand...

Dear Patrick, Greetings from Thailand! We are currently celebrating Songkran, probably Thailand’s most vibrant…and crazy in nice way…festival. And without doubt Chiang Mai is the best place to celebrate this festival and where better than Rachamankha located as it is within the old...

‘You can’t ...

As she rides the swells of the Southern Ocean, Australia’s smallest and southern-most state conveys a precious cargo of plants and animals. In many parts of Australia, wildlife has suffered massive decline. However, because of their isolation, many of Tasmania’s species remain in...