Mexico - more than meets the eye

Posted: 07 Sep 11 | MEXICO’S history is as colourful, yet macabre as the many gaudily costumed ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ (Day Of The Dead) dolls that are for sale across marketplaces over the nation. |

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The most American of states

Posted: 05 Sep 11 | IT’S TRUE. Things really are bigger in Texas. From the moment we touched down in Dallas and were forced to negotiate its arcane labyrinth of ring roads with heaving traffic at 11pm to when we departed to a hearty farewell, this is a big country. |

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Rocking out in the gateway city

Posted: 24 Aug 11 | ST LOUIS' nickname, the Gateway City is well earned. You are on the cusp of both the south and the mid-west and these two competing cultural environments lend the city a character all of its own. |

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Food is serious business in France

Posted: 15 Aug 11 | IT'S BEEN seven years since I was last in Paris and the dog poo has gone, but so much remains the same. This magnificent city continues to go about its business, fueled by the utter certainty of its residents that they are in the most superior place in the world. |

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Singapore sling

Posted: 15 Aug 11 | SINGAPORE is a bustling hub of activity, a true 24 hour city. We arrived at Changi airport around 11pm, and the immediate assault of humidity let you know in no uncertain terms this was the tropics. |

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Rural Press's National grains writer Gregor Heard is currently touring a host of international cropping regions; travelling as a guest of the Grains Research and Development Corporation on its The Way We Were study tour.