Wildlife spotting in Sabah on an Orion Expedition, testing out Relais and Chateaux’s luxury lodges in New Zealand, exploring Bangkok’s off the beaten track floating markets, trundling through Northern Thailand on Orient Express’ sumptuous Eastern & Oriental train, hiking to hill tribe villages in Sapa, cruising Halong Bay, and eating our way around Hanoi, are … Read more about An Update from the Road – from Australia to Asia
We’ve already lost count of the number of luxury hotels we’ve checked into in Thailand in the last 11 days, the signature spas treatments and massages we’ve enjoyed, and the sublime sunset vistas we’ve savored from spacious suites and private villas overlooking infinity pools, palm-covered islands and the sea. More on those potentially hedonistic experiences … Read more about Thailand and good manners
Outside one of Bangkok’s big malls, a local pop star appeared and prepared to perform. The crowd of kids who’d been waiting patiently in front of the stage went wild. Mobile phones and cameras were raised in the air to snap pics of the pretty pop princess. From the pedestrian bridge above, however, we were … Read more about Travelling: peoplewatching #1
I’m always looking for colour when I travel, whether it’s that sense of vibrancy, energy and immediacy of life on the streets, or a sense of ‘local colour’, that the neighbourhood I’m exploring is real, gritty and authentic, or simply the riot of colour and sound that can be experienced in cities like Hong Kong, … Read more about Bangkok: local colour, part 1