The Soho Beach House, Miami
I have a particular soft spot for Miami, its the chic Vegas by the sea, minus the gambling and fat people. That Will Smith song “Welcome to MiYami” captures the smouldering feel of the place disturbingly well. Many is the lost weekend I have spent there over the years. Usually when in town, I'll stay … Read more
The Idiots Guide to Budget Airline Travel
Today's Airport experience is a goddam sonofabitch for everyone, no matter what class you travel. Its compounded though by most travellers making the same errors all the time and holding the whole security/ check in process up. Its even further compounded by the budget airline industry being a total gang of bastards about the whole … Read more
The Standard High Line Hotel: New York
Bear with me here whilst I take a walk down memory lane…..I spent many years in the late 90's and noughties living in New York. I remember New York's meatpacking district when it was just that. The centre of raw meat packing for the city. It had a few absolutely awesome dive bars, Hogs and … Read more
Luxury Safari in Tanzania: Selous Safari Camp, Tanzania
I am writing this entry at what is without doubt the worlds best and most inspirational writing desk. Sitting on the deck of our tented suite here at Selous Safari Camp in Tanzania, I have a herd of Impala not 30 yards to my left and directly in front of me a pod of hippos … Read more
Raffles Hotel, Le Royal: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
One of the great things about living most of the year in Singapore is the ability to flit off to exotic locations for the weekend. Cambodia is a mere 90 minutes away by air so easily visited on a whim. Phnom Penh is a city on the up and one with a storied and often … Read more
An Ode to the Parisian Cafe Culture
I lived in Paris for two years and I have to admit I was not unhappy to see the back of it when I left. The french are a breed that take some getting used to and in the end I could not hack the hierarchical slow paced work environment where nothing ever really got … Read more
The Andaman Hotel, Lankawi Malaysia
Living in South East Asia, you get quite spoiled for choice on the paradise desert Island front. Sometimes however it can all go horribly wrong. Once the word gets out about lovely spot, the hoards descend, the banana boats follow and before you know it the place is full of backpackers, flashpackers and Thomas Cook … Read more
Zanzibar: Stone Town HIGHLIGHTS
Zanzibar, it just sounds exotic doesn't it?? One of the legendary Spice Islands of old, and once the most significant trading port on the Spice Route, the original gateway to deepest darkest Africa. Today its a town slowly being eaten by tourism. Even a museum display at the House of Wonders attests to this. On … Read more
Fundu Lagoon Resort: Pemba Island Tanzania
“Hell is other people” as Freud said. There are times when we could not agree more. For us getting away from it all, and “it” being other people is the very definition of relaxation and luxury. We are not the kind of people who pony up to the hotel bar in the hopes of making … Read more
Airport Review: Manila Airport, Philippines
Manila airport is one of those 1960s Asian airports probably built with American aid to welcome the GIs on R & R from Vietnam. It feels very of that time, faded and tired. However it is also a remarkably friendly and easy airport to navigate. Check-in was swift and efficient in Terminal 2 and you … Read more
