A typical city tour in your typical Qatari car – a Mercedes S Class complete with massaging seats. Being chauffeured around in such a nice car just felt wrong considering we were hitting some dusty bumpy roads towards the first stop at the Doha camel markets. The markets were a strange place, really a collection of …
With a city that doubled in population between 2004 and 2010 it can be quite hard to find the old and and authentic Doha. But if you head to the old souq you can still take a peak at what pre-boom Doha must’ve been like. If you can imagine Marrakech’s main bazaar but a lot cleaner and …
Despite having some of NSW’s most beautiful beaches and located only a 2 hour drive or train trip from Sydney. Sydneysiders have traditionally stayed away from a visit to Newcastle. It’s reputation as an industrial city lacking in any culture may have had elements of truth in it years ago. But today Newcastle is thriving …
When you decide to visit the Singapore Grand Prix with about a week to go before the race you are left with pretty limited accommodation options. There’s literally the final room in an average 4 star hotel with the going rate at over AU$700 a night. There’s room in a guest house above a fish …
Lovers of pop-up bars rejoice. Another one is coming to Sydney from the 14th to the 17th of March. This time in the luscious surrounds of Centennial Park as part of Taste of Sydney. The bar is being put on by the nice folks at Tanqueray Gin and Hosted by the bible of cool things to do; Time Out. …
Like the Haij, the island of Ibiza is a pilgrimage that every serious house music lover must do at least once in their lives. With weekly residencies held by the best dj’s in the business across the island and 5 out of the world’s top 10 clubs within kilometres of each other. There is nowhere else on earth that …
Located below the ever plush Kempinski Grand Hotel Geneva you will find one of the few jewels in the crown of Geneva nightlife – Java Club Geneva. From my experience talking to Geneva locals this is a place that people either love or lathe. Java Club is renown for attracting Geneva’s young and rich, drinks come …
Cruising the net one day I came across the below video randomly on YouTube. What was to follow became an obsession that lead to an unbelievable four days in Flemish Belgium. These four days not only included all the dance music, dj’s beer, fireworks and lasers you could ever hope for. But also somehow being …
The crew at Seasoned Music have been terrorising Bondi all summer with their Guerilla Parties. The concept is simple. Get a cool group of people together, some decks and a generator, then storm an unsuspecting, unexpected venue, pump the music and start dancing! The word had been getting out about these parties all summer so …
Wedged in the coastal southern part of the Balkan region is the intriguing county of Montenegro. A small sea side and mountainous territory that was recently part of Serbia and is the most recent of the former Yugoslav republics to declare independence. The country retains many ties and similarities to Serbia including use of the Cyrillic alphabet alongside the …