Category: Travel
Your Ex’s Oliver Hall discovers Laguna Beach, Southern California’s boho-chic coastal escape Leaving the sprawl and spectacle of LAX and then Anaheim behind, the highways slim, the skies clear, and the landscape softens into gorse-covered hills and coastal peaks. We make the journey with Karmel Shuttle, who can take visitors directly to Laguna Beach from […]
For queer travellers from Aotearoa, northern hemisphere Pride season has always had a certain magic. It arrives just as New Zealand settles into winter, offering the perfect excuse to swap grey skies for long summer evenings, open-air stages, packed streets, historic queer neighbourhoods, and cities that know how to turn protest into spectacle. In 2026, […]
From sporting spectacles and exclusive members clubs, to the nostalgia of celebrating Disneyland’s 70th year, Oliver Hall checks out what Anaheim offers for adults. Arriving in Anaheim, we message our Karmel Shuttle driver at LAX to let her know we’ve landed, and she shoots back a text that instantly lowers the blood pressure: “Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.” It […]
Oliver Hall discovers vibrant queer nightlife and rich LGBTQ+ history in Los Angeles’ most walkable and proudly defiant neighbourhood. Los Angeles is vast — a sprawl of freeways, palm trees and possibility — but West Hollywood feels like its secret village. In just a few walkable blocks, you can move from world-class dining to queer nightlife, from rock ’n’ roll history to progressive art spaces, from […]
YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall visits Sydney during Mardi Gras to experience the joy of being surrounded by queer communities, powerful history, and world-class culture in this stunning harbour city. Sydney, the Southern Hemisphere’s epicentre of gay culture, knows how to dial queer joy all the way up. There is something genuinely thrilling about being surrounded by other gay […]
Kiwi’s travelling to Sydney, beware: NSW Health has issued an urgent drug alert after six people were hospitalised with opioid overdoses after reportedly using substances they believed to be cocaine. The incidents, recorded across Sydney and Western NSW in March, have raised serious concerns about contaminated drug supplies. Of the six cases, one person required […]
The United States government under President Donald Trump has introduced a new immigration rule that advocates warn could place transgender travellers and migrants at greater risk of scrutiny, visa denials and even deportation. The regulation, titled “Enhancing Vetting and Combating Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program,” was finalised on 11 March. It requires visa […]
From cutting-edge entertainment to world-class dining and unforgettable nights out, Las Vegas proves it still delivers the ultimate sensory escape, whether it’s your first visit or your fifth. Las Vegas has a reputation for excess, but with international tourism currently a little softer (thanks to the worst president the country has ever seen), the city […]