Bilbao is a city in the Basque region of Spain that, like the North-East, suffered from industrial decline but has used architecture and public art to transform its fortunes. Read more…
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador – When Charles Darwin visited 150 years ago, he was struck first by the Galapagos Islands’ uninviting appearance. “We fancied even the bushes smelled unpleasantly,” he wrote. But once he got on land, the naturalist’s enthusiasm returned, and from his study of the animal life on the islands, he developed his theory of evolution. Read more…
A strong, positive nationwide advertising campaign has led to Wellington leading Queenstown as a preferred holiday spot – the nation’s third most popular. The winds of change have well and truly blown through Wellington. Long gone is the Gliding On image of a grey, dull, windy Capital full of cardigan-wearing civil servants who bumble around in a place where the only interesting events are weddings and funerals. Read more…