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Kat Mackintosh

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1st January 1970

The best job in the world and the worst job in the world for someone with itchy feet, I get to talk to all the Experts about their adventures. It’s a very pleasant form of torture but every day is different and when people ask me about my day I live vicariously through the experts in my tales and am never stumped for stories.
I also find fantastic experiences I think we should be including in our lists and people who know more about them than I do to review them…
I read everything that comes in and try to make sure everything makes it up looking good. You’ll hear about some of the gems I come across on the blog pages.

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  1. 06 Oct 2009

  2. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden in Tokyo, Japan

    I very much like the name of this park which translates to 'Enjoy Afterwards', from a Chinese proverb suggesting that the leader of a city should worry before the people do and enjoy things after they already are. There's a Chinese influence to the layo…"

  3. 10 Jul 2009

  4. Kat Mackintosh reviewed The Proms in the Park in London, United Kingdom

    To help ease the passing of summer for the British public the BBC has a big party – embracing everything that's good about music and about Britain.  Or else that's what the Proms in the Park felt like to me the first year I went.  It's pa…"

  5. Kat Mackintosh reviewed The Proms in London, United Kingdom

    The Proms concerts last for eight weeks – it's a nightly summer season bonanza of music – the number of concerts and event hovering around 100.  A lot of it is classical, but there's plenty of tasters for people who, for example, like th…"

  6. 07 Jul 2009

  7. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Ocean Angels row across the Indian Ocean

    It's 3720 miles across the Indian Ocean between Australia and Mauritius. Which takes between about 68 days and forever to row."

  8. 25 Jun 2009

  9. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post And the Web 2.0 Winner is:

    Big THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us in the TravelMole awards..."

  10. 03 Jun 2009

  11. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Return from the wild - with a hard drive full of images

    Daniel Fox, one of our syndicated bloggers, has just got back from a 600 mile kayak expedition along the Argentinian coast. That's right, all his blog posts were coming in from the far – field."

  12. 01 Jun 2009

  13. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Play Me I'm Yours

    What would you do if you came across a piano? All alone. Just minding it's business on the pavement, spray painted with the words: “Play me I'm yours”?"

  14. 25 May 2009

  15. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Egremni Beach in Ionian Islands, Greece

    You get a great view of the whole of this crescent moon shaped bright turquoise and white Mediterranean beach from the cliffs above it as you walk down the 350 stairs to the sand – on a hot day all the while your enthusiasm for the water growing. There …"

  16. 15 May 2009

  17. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Turin Cinema Museum in Turin, Italy

    The first time I knowingly saw Turin was when I watched 'The Italian Job', so for me the city will always be inked to cinema, even though I'm sure there's a lot more to it than that wacky one way system and all the beautiful old churches and squares the …"

  18. 14 May 2009

  19. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Fish:A tough Art Crowd

    They're about to start an 'underwater museum' in Cancun, though from the description it sounds more like an underwater sculpture gallery. Interesting and aquatic..."

  20. 06 May 2009

  21. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post WIN YOUR OWN ISLAND

    Hamilton Island and 'The Best Job in the World'"

  22. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Hamilton Island in Whitsunday Group, Australia

    When I was a little kid growing up in Australia, I first heard about Hamilton Island when it was written on my Grandad's t-shirt, surrounded by palm trees and blue squiggle waves. He hadn't been, a friend of his had, and I think it was the original 'My …"

  23. 29 Apr 2009

  24. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Tchaikovsky's Tomb in St. Petersburg, Russia

    (25th April 1840 - 25th October 1893) Tchaikovsky's tomb has a bust of the great composer, flanked by two angels, one holding a large cross and the other reading something, which I choose to be a score. This is the composer of some of the world's most …"

  25. 15 Apr 2009

  26. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Two thirds of this national park are ocean, under which grown long ribbons of coral reef. The other third is the land that makes up five islands. The reefs are colourful, but not as colourful as the marine life that inhabits them – pink and green parro…"

  27. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Pulau Sapi in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Pulau Sapi (Cow Island) has some of the nicest beaches in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park and pristine diving and snorkelling conditions. The water is very clear and inhabited by colourful fish who peck in a surprising way at the feet and legs of u…"

  28. 14 Apr 2009

  29. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    These towers were the world's tallest between 1998 and 2004 – which is quite a long time these days – before they were over taken by Taipei 101. But they're still the world's tallest twin buildings. I visited the towers in 1998 just after they were com…"

  30. 05 Apr 2009

  31. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn in Northern Territory, Australia

    "I haven't added any images to this listing because I want you to have a look at the map opposite, select the Hybrid view option and close on in until you can see why I had to include this hotel on our list of Unusual Places to Stay. Inside it's just a H…"

  32. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Yellow Waters Billabong in Northern Territory, Australia

    Yellow Waters is the bit of waterway where Jim Jim Creek branches off the South Alligator River – famous for crocodiles. In fact this whole area of wetland is famous for crocodiles, they run the street map of waterways, tributaries, floodplains, channel…"

  33. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Devil's Marbles in Northern Territory, Australia

    These 'marbles; are gigantic granite boulders, arranged, and some very precariously balanced, in a remote, shallow valley, against a backdrop of empty desert and spinifex spikes. Some are over four metres high and up to 7 metres in diameter, and some si…"

  34. 04 Apr 2009

  35. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Nourlangie Rock in Northern Territory, Australia

    This rock, like a piece of cliff separated from it's ridge, stands proud in the middle of a flood plain, which is bright green in the wet season and bone dry hessian coloured in the dry. The rock itself is the yellow and orange of the granite in this re…"

  36. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Jim Jim Falls in Northern Territory, Australia

    Jim Jim Creek cuts through the bright orange rock of the Arnhemland escarpment and plunges suddenly down 200metres into the clear, sandy pool below, filling the air with spray. In the wet season you can only reach the falls by helicopter or plane the ar…"

  37. 02 Apr 2009

  38. Kat Mackintosh reviewed London to Brighton in an afternoon in Brighton, United Kingdom

    The mods and rockers used to use this route along the A23 then M23 from sooty old London down to happening beach-side Brighton. It was mods on scooters and mopeds and rockers on motorbikes – all of them with girls on the back, assuming the girls didn't …"

  39. 25 Mar 2009

  40. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Trade ya?

    With belts a tightening non financial trades are on the up - home swaps have been around since the 1950s but they've never been more popular, but now you can swap motorhomes as well."

  41. 23 Mar 2009

  42. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Speed dating for keeps

    I just learned about a fair in Morocco where you can meet woo and marry your life partner all over the space of a day. The Sex and the City girls didn't cover this one..."

  43. 12 Mar 2009

  44. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom

    Pigeons cover all its exposed surfaces but they can’t deface this square’s historic importance or the grandeur of its presence. Nelson watches from way above on his column, and the lions have his back at the bottom in case there’s a fracas in the founta…"

  45. 14 Jan 2009

  46. Kat Mackintosh reviewed The Daintree in Queensland, Australia

    Vast trunks reach up towards the canopy a long way overhead, they’re thick with vines or external roots winding all around them, but everything else seems to be in shades of green. Springy, velvety moss, palm fronds like opaque glass setting the light t…"

  47. 13 Jan 2009

  48. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales, Australia

    Firstly it’s pronounced Kozzy-OS-ko – you’ll definitely need to know how to say it so you can tell all your friends that you’ve climbed the tallest mountain in Australia in a matter of only a few hours. It’s not an ancient Aboriginal name as many people…"

  49. 07 Jan 2009

  50. Kat Mackintosh reviewed The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in Sydney, Australia

    On Christmas eve Sydney-siders rush to the Fish Markets but on Boxing day they line the harbour to watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The harbour glitters as the big white sails jostle into position and the media helicopters fly overhea…"

  51. 02 Jan 2009

  52. Kat Mackintosh reviewed The Opera Bar in Sydney, Australia

    Underneath the Opera House, this bar doesn't just have location, location, location – it's got another couple of usages of the word location and some great food and drink including home made honey beer and a decent selection of local wine. If that's not…"

  53. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia

    Considering Australia's past it's not hard to see why the country's maritime history is so important to the nation. We couldn't have been built on the sheep's back if we hadn't first been put on the map by the maritime industry – how would those sheep ha…"

  54. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Chinese Garden of Friendship in Sydney, Australia

    The Chinese Garden of Friendship is a walled in scaled down version of a traditional Ming dynasty Chinese garden in Darling Harbour just down the hill from Sydney's Chinatown. It's got a large mirror pond, a bamboo forest, Chinese sculptures and statues,…"

  55. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Sydney Tower in Sydney, Australia

    It looks like a half eaten lolly pop, but it's a part of the Sydney skyline and the best place to go if you like to look at a city spread out below you. Lots of people still call it Centrepoint because it rises 305 metres out of Pitt Street's Centrepoin…"

  56. 29 Dec 2008

  57. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Hyde Park in Sydney, Australia

    The music video for the Ben Lee song 'Gamble Everything for Love' was filmed in Hyde Park - and in other Sydney Locations. It's a good way to capture the vibe of the place - just sans the mysterious scent."

  58. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Tamarama in Sydney, Australia

    Small and narrow, this beach has a very regular shaped scoop of sand seemingly ideal for volleyball or other sand/ball sports. Its cliffs keep it nicely sheltered so the beautiful bathers can keep their tans even all year round – this is a bathing beach…"

  59. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Cabbage Tree Bay in Sydney, Australia

    If you walk along from Manly's long stretch of ocean-side surf and sand along the rocks, past the perfect rockpools and ocean swimming pool, you get to the clear waters of Cabbage Tree Bay. The sea floor is rockier than Manly's but that's what makes it …"

  60. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia

    This building is in the style of great galleries in other cities – neo-Greek, large and pillared, with the names of greats of the art word carved into its sides - but set in the Domain it has a hard time competing with the view from its front yard. Wh…"

  61. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Max Brenner's Chocolate Cafe in Sydney, Australia

    The company's tag line, 'Chocolate by the bald man' gives nothing away...and does nothing to suggest to you why you should come inside. It's not great marketing, but maybe they don't have to worry...maybe they can get by on word of mouth alone. 'Cause f…"

  62. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia

    One of the outermost inner bays on the Bondi side of Sydney Harbour, Watsons Bay is on the harbour side of 'The Gap', a Sydney-siders first choice for an early exit, and worth a mention - and worth a visit - for a few reasons. 1.)The Ferry trip out. …"

  63. 19 Dec 2008

  64. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia

    It could be that Coogee is like Bondi used to be before all the tourists moved in, but that doesn't take into account surfing conditions, of which I know nothing. Coogee requires a bit more commitment. You have to travel further from the centre of to…"

  65. 18 Dec 2008

  66. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Also in New York

    I was amazed to hear that you can get yourself a free guide to Tokyo - a real person not a book - but you can get one in New York as well!"

  67. 17 Dec 2008

  68. Kat Mackintosh reviewed British Museum in London, United Kingdom

    If I had to choose only one of London’s great sites to see it would be the British Museum. In fact if I had to choose a building in which I had to spend the rest of my life it would be the British Museum. There is that much to find within its halls, ch…"

  69. 16 Dec 2008

  70. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Royal Mile in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    One Scottish mile in length this mile is royal because it runs downwards from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace – the Queen’s residence in Scotland. If you fishtail around to your right you’ll come to the buildings of the Scottish Parliament. Lots …"

  71. 15 Dec 2008

  72. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Regent’s Park in London, United Kingdom

    Running along the canal, this park separates Central London from the zoo, so as well as people frolicking on the grass, strolling amongst the rose gardens – with over 400 varieties of roses – or playing sports on the fields, you’ll also see a whole lot o…"

  73. Kat Mackintosh reviewed St. James’s Park in London, United Kingdom

    St. James’s Park is part of the green bit of the London map that runs from the tip of Green Park at Green Park Tube Station to Kensington Palace Gardens annexed off Hyde Park. It’s not the biggest of the parks or the most famous, and it doesn’t even hav…"

  74. 11 Dec 2008

  75. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan

    Ueno Park is more than your local swings and scrap of earth, but the name for the green bits surrounding Tokyo’s Zoo, the Tokyo National Art Museum, the National Science Museum, the National Museum for Western Art and the Tokyo Metropolitan Fine Art Muse…"

  76. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan

    The Meiji Shrine is on the wooded grounds of this quiet, green and leafy park. A pocket of serenity in the middle of busy Tokyo, Yoyogi isn’t manicured like many of Tokyo’s parks and gardens but looks like the kind of place you can have a bit of a run a…"

  77. Kat Mackintosh wrote a blog post Only in Japan: Free Tokyo

    "There isn’t an ‘Only in Japan’ section at the end of newscasts but maybe there should be, what with their capsule hotels, love hotels, sumo wrestling, inventive tv programs and the way the Japanese lifestyle embraces the colourful and the wacky along with"

  78. 30 Nov 2008

  79. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Greenwich Market in London, United Kingdom

    Sundays are meant for over eating at breakfast while looking over the bits of the paper you never have time for in the week, afternoon naps and strolls though the markets and Greenwich Markets are just this kind of market. Covered, which is key in Londo…"

  80. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Carnaby Street in London, United Kingdom

    In the 60's this street swang and grooved with the best of them. Girls wearing shoes with platforms with more vertical inches than their skirts tottered though between getting their hair bouffed by Vidal Sassoon or make up done by Mary Quant, passing ge…"

  81. 27 Nov 2008

  82. Kat Mackintosh reviewed Chion-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan

    Older people in Japan seem to have a more gung-ho attitude than I’m used to – steep stairs don’t seem to stop them, neither do hills with unfriendly inclines or inclement weather – which is the attitude you need to have to enjoy Chion-in Temple. To get …"

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