As you can tell from the photo above, I’ve been involved in video for quite a while. The camera featured is the Canon XL-1, a three-CCD standard definition camcorder made from 1997 to 2001. It cost twice as much as my car at the time. Most phones today produce video of better quality than the […]
The recent death of Anthony Bourdain made me try and break down why I, like many people, enjoyed his travel programs so much. The well written narrative, the conversational interviews, the honest appraisals capturing good and bad. I think his cinematographer put it best: “It was never about Tony, it was about the people and […]
I’m a big fan of a little book by Paulo Coelho called the Alchemist. Many book snobs would like to say Paulo’s writing is simplistic, but I quite like his understated style and as with a good song, why complicate things with too many words! Paulo believes we all have a personal calling, a special […]
As many of you would know, I have been involved in travel video production for quite a while. I recently took a trip to New Zealand to test a new concept I’ve devised called Top 5 Tour – handpicked location guides that provide tourists with succinct, honest information about the best place to eat, drink, […]
Here is the Top 5 Tour Bora Bora handpicked local tourism business selections for where to eat, drink, sleep, shop and what tour to do. We wanted to show travellers that Bora Bora doesn’t have to be expensive, that there are some reasonably priced options. That allow one to meet the locals and feel part […]
For those visiting Queenstown or Wanaka, the Cardrona Valley is becoming the new must see day trip destination. The beautifully scenic road along Cardrona Valley merges with the route over the Crown Range which, at 1121 metres, is the highest main road in New Zealand. Here are our hand picked choices for where to eat, […]
Ulva Island is a predator free bird sanctuary off Stewart Island in the deep south of New Zealand. Ulva’s Guided Walks was established by Ulva Goodwillie in 2000, fulfilling a need for visitors to have a guide show them around Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary. Ulva Goodwillie was named after Ulva Island and is a direct […]
Top5Tour handpicks the best to EAT, DRINK, SLEEP, DO and SHOP at each location we visit. If you like any of the Dunedin videos, please like and comment on youtube, and share, as it helps get the video to the top of search. To see extended interviews with the passionate people behind each business – […]
When British television chef and restaurateur Rick Stein was told he could choose to go anywhere in the world to write a travel article for English newspaper the Daily Mail, he chose Fleurs Place in Moeraki, New Zealand. The restaurant, run by the inimitable Fleur Sullivan, was ‘Just one of those places that keeps cropping […]
Top5Tour handpicks the best to EAT, DRINK, SLEEP, DO and SHOP at each location we visit. To see extended interviews with the passionate people behind each business – EAT – Simon from Inati DRINK – Nick from OGB SLEEP – Nisha from Ecovilla DO – K.T. from Christchurch Sea Kayaking SHOP – Deric from The […]
