Inspiring Travel Writing from Julie Miller: Page 2 of 4
Articles by Julie Miller: Page 2 of 4
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Christmas in the Outback
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Julie Miller
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Australia
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South Australia
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Nullabar
It’s 9 a.m and already 36 degrees in the shade. A long silver beast pulls up in the middle of nowhere. Out jump four clean-cut men in immaculate navy suits and patent leather shoes, followed by an anomaly in red with a white acrylic beard. A...
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Coast of Ghosts
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Julie Miller
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New Zealand
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North Island
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Auckland
It’s a crystal clear day and the mid-summer sun twinkles on the horizon, blinding jewels on a pounding sea. We are climbing at a cracking pace; my office-bound legs are struggling to keep up with my older, yet fitter, companion. I wave him on...
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Murder Most Foul
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Julie Miller
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United Kingdom
Nothing spoils a meal quite like a lunatic bursting into the room, spewing forth vitriol at total strangers. … unless it’s the aforementioned psycho returning 10 minutes later with blood gushing from a stab wound, knife still embedded...
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Elvis, Paris and Soil Erosion
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Julie Miller
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United States
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Nevada
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Las Vegas
It’s 3 am, and I'm sitting at a bar in Paris with Elvis Presley. The King is in disguise, wearing a track suit and baseball cap to cover his black quiff. We knock back shots of bourbon and talk about love, life, backpacking and UFOs. Only in Vegas...
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The Real Riviera Maya
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Julie Miller
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Mexico
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The Yucatan
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Tulum
Senor Frog’s is deserted tonight. So is Capitan Tutix, a beachfront bar usually swinging to its thatched rafters. Instead, we follow the action to the Dragon Bar, an open-air bar and dancefloor fronting the Blue Parrot Inn, the hippest and most...
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The Temples of Angkor
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Julie Miller
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Cambodia
Sunrise at Angkor Wat. A small crowd has gathered on the banks of the two reflective pools, cameras poised, silent and contemplative. Even in the pre-dawn gloom, the massive structure rising before us commands reverence, its spiritual significance...
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South Africa on Horseback
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Julie Miller
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South Africa
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Northern Province
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Limpopo
In South Africa they call it a ‘monkey’s wedding’ – the magical moment when the sun shines through falling rain. I turned in the saddle to gaze upon this glorious phenomenon. A shard of afternoon sunlight had pierced the storm clouds, bathing the...
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Crime and Seduction in Venice
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Julie Miller
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
Within five minutes of arriving in Venice, I had bruised my knee, dropped my laptop computer, broken the heel off my shoe and my mother had been robbed. It certainly wasn’t what I expected from a city known as ‘La Serenissima.’ Venice is a city...
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Hanoi and Halong Bay
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Julie Miller
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Vietnam
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Central Coast
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Hanoi
Tai chi is known as the most graceful martial art, where the body functions smoothly and fluidly. It is a cleansing, meditative discipline, and best performed at dawn in a pristine environment. What better place to indulge in this ancient practice...
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Jumbo Fun in Thailand
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Julie Miller
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Thailand
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The North
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Chiang Saen
If the first rule of any sport is to size up the opposition, then I think we’re in deep dung. Our opponents are mountains of men – ex-New Zealand All Black rugby players, in fact, human bears that could devour us in one gulp. They’ve already...
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