It’s not my first visit to the Bordeaux region of France, as I had previously toured some wineries while working in the duty-free ind...
Croydon is just over nine miles south of Charing Cross, London. Saffron was produced locally in Roman times in the area. It was referre...
It is the second visit to another top villa in Mirissa, right on the beach. They must think, however, that I’m a British tourist, the...
When you turn off the main road in Rambukkana and slip into the shade of a coconut plantation, the pace of life shifts without you even...
It’s an early start. The ferry goes at 7:15 a.m. from the seaport of Buenos Aires, which means a wake-up call at five a.m. The taxi i...
It’s early April and we arrive in Tokyo for the first time. It’s the peak of the short blossom season, our guide, Mari, takes us to...
On the road from Bargème to Grasse in Provence, France, we climb the hill to the town of Claviers. A small town with a lovely row of l...
When Amba Yaalu Kandalama first made headlines as Sri Lanka’s first hotel fully managed and staffed by women, the internet did what i...
I’ve visited many of the thirty-eight forts built by the Dutch and Portuguese in Sri Lanka, but the one with the biggest wow factor ...
One of the biggest reasons I love this beautiful island is our mountains. Today, I want to share about Kalupahana, one of those special...
You know how some places look great in photos but feel underwhelming in real life? Trincomalee is NOT one of those places. What surpris...
As the road bends on a peaceful hillside twenty minutes drive from the centre of Kandy we find the final resting place of 203 souls. Wh...
It’s easy to miss the little village of Seillians as you drive from Bargemon to Fayence along the bottom of the hill in Provence, sou...
There’s a moment when you step into Anantara Kalutara that feels like the world outside simply fades away. Maybe it’s the way the g...
Mumbai is a fascination of colour, culture, amazing locations, landscapes and colonial properties .It attracts 6 million tourists a ye...
There are places in the world that demand reflection, where history’s weight settles on your shoulders the moment you arrive. Hiroshi...
In my second book, The Whinging Pome: To The Point, I noted that Ireland’s most notable exports have been people, Guinness, and the I...
It has been twenty years since my last visit to Bangkok. Yet, having done two trips there in six months I see much has changed. A b...
When travelling around Sri Lanka, you can’t help but see how many temples there are. Not surprising when seventy per cent of the popu...
Vietnam just beat Thailand in football for the first time in twenty years. Nobody is going to bed tonight. The country is one of the fa...
Most people know Verona from all those love-themed movies like “Letters from Juliet,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “Love in the Vi...
It’s five a.m. and we set off to Jhalana forest some twenty minutes away from our base in Jaipur, Northern India. It’s January and ...
The newest addition to the W15 Collection – W15 Ambuluwawa blends itself into the mountain folds of the Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Compl...
In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, on the crossroads of many cultures since 6000 BC lies Malta. Hence, an island of immense histor...
There are two major places on the island of Sri Lanka to find the ass, Kalpitiya and Mannar. Ass is both a singular and plural name for...
Kandy is said to be the most tourist visited city in Sri Lanka. It has a long history and was established back in 1470. The English nam...
The Pushkar Camel Fair is held in Rajasthan, India in November each year. It coincides with the Kartik Purnima full moon celebrations. ...
It’s our fourth stay at the hundred and f ifty year old tea estate bungalow. We like to be just out of Nuwara Eliya in the hills of S...
On my Indian bucket list, there are so many places I still want to visit, though I’ve spent over a year in the country. They includ...
