• Northeast Asia

Travel tips: What are the best things to see and do on a trip to Tibet

If going after 22 July next year, it's worth visiting these festivals.

• Michael Gebicki

• Adventure holidays

Frequent Flyer: Lindsay Brown

The Fairlawn Hotel in Kolkata, India, is an eccentric hotel in an extraordinary city.

• JANE REDDY

• Luxury holidays

Boasters with the mostest

Biggest, highest, most blindingly expensive. Belinda Jackson rounds up the ultimate travel experiences, from super-luxe to just plain boastful.

• Belinda Jackson

• South Australia

Get going: trek to Tibet

Make the trek to the hotel everyone is talking about, the new Shangri-La Lhasa.

• BELINDA JACKSON

• China

Gone tomorrow: the places you need to visit, right now

From the Galapagos to the Great Barrier Reef, there are some destinations you can't keep putting off for a visit, writes Michael Gebicki.

• Launceston

The best deals at home and abroad

Launceston has a sparkle in its step, thanks to all the delicious sparkling wines on the nearby Tamar trail.

• Culture holidays

Spirit of discovery

From Europe to Asia and back to Australia, Michael Gebicki finds 10 great journeys with meaning.

• Hong Kong

A very, very long way to the top

Fellow passengers help pass the time as Fionnuala McHugh ventures by rail from Hong Kong to Lhasa.

• Inspiration

Tibet ... where women dress for success

I AM bent over a glass display case, mesmerised by its contents, when I feel hands on my back.

• Maria Visconti

• Travel tips

Red tape rigmarole for entry to Tibet

Could you please advise how to obtain a Tibetan visa?

• Michael Gebicki