Chris Parry travel
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The following story, as published by Karryon (www.karryon.com.au), shares with you the exploits of my daughter and I in a remarkable part of South Africa: As my daughter Matilda and I touch down on a little airstrip in the Madikwe Reserve in South Africa for a safari with Sanctuary Makanyane Luxury Safari Lodge, the next…
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Great discussion on the ABC Saturday Breakfast Show about the lure of the regional shows – the agriculural shows – that can get city folk hitting the road for a day trip or weekender. Regional shows have big tractors, big roosters and rams and if you’re lucky, big scones and mock chicken sandwiches in…
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On 22 Setember, I was invited to speak with Jules Schiller on ABC Adelaide’s Drive Program to discuss the issue of travel agents in light of the ABC story about Flight Centre, which described the issue of ‘marking up’ fees and a culture of underpaying staff. My contribution to the discussion was focused on why…
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On Saturday evening, 18 September, I spoke on 95.3fm about my regular Malaysian travels, Malaysian food and Malaysian tourism strategies. We also spoke about Rajah Brooke butterflies, the JDT Tigers, the benefits and consequences of spicy food and how much I enjoy using the rail network (particularly the monorail) in Kuala Lumpur to travel the city. Have a…
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“I found out long ago, it’s a long way down the holiday road” That line, from Lindsay Buckingham’s, ‘Holiday Road’, theme tune for the movie, ‘Vacation’, is so evocative of those road trips from the past and the present. Peeling mandarins, playing travel games based on the colour of oncoming vehicles, the stench of…
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The file above is from a conversation on ABC radio, The Breakfast Show with Charlotte and Jamie, about virtual reality tourism. I hope you enjoy listening to it. Virtual Reality Tourism has the potential to shake up the travel industry in a lot of good ways. I had the opportunity last year with my son…
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I wish I could claim the line, “A very vroomy experience,” but I can’t. The honour for that line belongs to my son, eight year old Tom Parry and the first kid in the world to experience the shock and awe of the new Legoland Malaysia Virtual Reality Roller Coaster. This ride is a real…
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From Casablanca in Morocco, to the hills of San Gimignano in Tuscany, the beaches of Thailand, the wonderous resorts and bushveldt of South Africa to the mountains of New Zealand, the locations are as varied as the movies themselves and the reasons why we long to travel to these sites are even more varied. Just remember…
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