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Holiday friends are a strange kind of friend. Although the exchanging of Facebook details and email addresses is done at the end of a trip with much gusto and promise of being besties from here on in, these friendships usually result in one catch up either on their home turf or yours, where you silently… Continue reading Hamish Blake’s Love Letter to Shake Shack
Flying into Las Vegas really opens your eyes to how remote this city actually is. The intense collection of flashing neon signs is sandwiched in the middle of miles and miles of baron desert. But a short drive from the main drag, you’ll find an adrenalin rush that the roulette tables and poker machines will nerve be… Continue reading Hitting the sands of Las Vegas with Sun Buggy
I find it strange that consumers have no qualms paying the listed price for some retail goods and services, but not for others. We pay RRP for our clothes, our food, our dry cleaning and dining out, but somewhere along the way everybody decided watches (like new cars) were open to aggressive negotiation. This haggling… Continue reading Listopedia: Luxury Watch Shopping Destinations
Unique Sleeps: Amazing hotels hand picked by Expedia Experts. The Beloved Hotel Playa Mujeres All Inclusive, Mexico. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always associated Cancun with college kids partying it up on Spring Break. That’s why I went on a quest to see if the northeast of Mexico could actually be done in… Continue reading Unique Sleeps: The Beloved Hotel Playa Mujeres, Mexico
If you’ve ever watched the TV show The O.C, you’d be forgiven for thinking this beautiful stretch of coastline was filled with wealthy teenagers with too much time on their hands. The popular drama may have catapulted the O.C onto the world stage, but the reality is much better than the small screen. Yes there… Continue reading Huntington Beach and the Orange County
Forget boring brown brick or washed out wooden walls, architecture doesn’t have to be dull. In fact, there’s plenty of places around the world where colour is the main design component. From castles to quaint ski villages, here’s our list of places around the world where you’ll find communities that make the most of the… Continue reading Listopedia: Colourful Cities around the World
Speed or scenery, history or luxury – whatever kind of railway adventure you’re looking for, you are bound to find a train that suits you. Food and drink: Napa Valley Wine Train Route: Napa to St Helena to Napa, California Travelling between cellar doors in one of America’s most celebrated wine regions doesn’t have to mean getting… Continue reading Listopedia: the best train journeys around the world
Tell someone you’re going to New York City and they’ll say, ‘Oh, I must give you my list.’ This is BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A LIST and they are all supposedly “really good and different”. So here’s my list. (It’s really good and different.) I make no apology that 80% of the recommendations are food based. New York… Continue reading Listopedia: Zoë Foster Blake’s New York Bucket List
Hotels from some of Expedia’s top trending destinations for February, 2015 Anantara Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa The city where almost anything is possible is now home to over water villas. This brand new five star resort looks like it should be sitting on an atoll in the Maldives, but instead perches on the… Continue reading Top Trending Destinations – Feb 2015