The Mona Lisa Scrum
I was back in Paris recently for and it got me to reminiscing. I lived here for several years, not so long ago and was a frequent visitor to the many excellent Parisian museums. Back then, as now, the Louvre did not charge entry on the first Sunday of each month. This meant I could … Read more
Playing Polo in Argentina: Puesto Viejo Estancia and Polo Club Argentina
Conference centres in hotels are surely the cruelest form of corporate torture. Windowless, soulless and freezing cold due to over air-conditioning. No matter where you are in the world they will wreak havoc on your spirit. Many is the 16 hour day I have spent in these places, watching powerpoint presentations and pretending to be … Read more
Emirates Airlines, You Rock…..British Airways YOU SUCK.
Take your points and SHOVE them British Airways I am done. A loyalty scheme is supposed to engender loyalty. You spend all your money with one airline and you get treated better than if you spread it around. But the deal with BA is broken. The special treatment is only face value, they use loyalty … Read more
The Botanical Gardens: Singapore
I am very ashamed to say that although I have lived in Singapore for 18 months, this weekend was my first trip to the Botanical Gardens….I have been to the lovely Gardens by the Bay which are a sort of Sci-Fi landscape architect project, replete with 20 meter metal trees and two fully enclosed and … Read more
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
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
