En route to the UK, we stopped off in LA for three days to luxuriate in the gorgeous warm rays of the December sun. When we walked out of LAX, the sun was definitely shining but the air wasn’t warm at all. I’d arrived with great expectations, bathing suit in tow but wh...

Dubai has never featured anywhere near the top of my global visits wishlist, but a stopover on our way back from the UK to New Zealand seemed a good enough reason as any to explore this exotic sandpit.

A seamless and relatively quick transition through passport control...