Have you been thinking about your next holiday? Some place to concentrate on yourself and just relax, I’ll bet? How about a holiday that is unlike any other, where you’ll be able to detox, unwind and learn from one of the best in the business? Think tranquil backdrop of Koh Samui and an educational holiday with professional freelance photographer Gaye [...]
EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films….. Manon DalleeManon is a true food enthusiast who literally has never [...]
Hotel gurus of all things sleek and all things cool, Mr & Mrs Smith, have revealed their latest hotel trends for 2012 as well as exposing the hottest holiday destinations and experiences for travellers. (1) Where the luxury traveller and backpacker meet Previously, luxury travelers were happy to be whisked away to their insulating 5 star hotel only to be [...]
Cartel Coffee Lab from Cartel Coffee Lab on Vimeo. Cartel Coffee Lab was founded by the passionate Jason Silberschlag, with the ambitious idea of serving a delicious, hot cup of coffee in the middle of the desert, without compromising quality for customers. Specific decisions are made in terms of where the coffee is sourced, how it is roasted and brewed [...]
A cocktail bar, redefined. Think deconstructed Moscow Mules, hand-chipped ice cubes in 20 different flavours, pH tested fruit purees and the kind of mad scientist equipment that Heston Blumenthal would be inspired by. The Aviary by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas in Chicago is definitely not your average cocktail bar. Here at The Aviary the produce is carefully sourced and [...]
Being in the Eternal City is, well, an experience and trying to sum it up into just one word is an impossible feat. Historic, chaotic, loud, powerful, cultural, religious, cosmopolitan, beautiful, influential, see there’s just no way to sum it up. Every day there is an opportunity to come across a building with so much history it makes you feel [...]
Most people would remember the craze that swept through the world in 2010 infecting women with an urge to drop everything in their lives and travel. A craze perpetuated by two women, Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Roberts. Yes, I’m talking about the Eat Pray Love craze. If you were able to avoid it then good on you because it was [...]
It was a cool, clear spring evening in France’s city of love. The day had been spent travelling from Bordeaux, and after checking in, my wife and I decided to do some sightseeing. First tourist stop – the Arc de Triomphe. Whilst wandering along the Champs-Élysées, I spotted out of the corner of my eye a monstrously long line of [...]
Santorini, a small Greek island roughly four hours boat ride from Athens, is a picturesque paradise. Every cliché you could possibly conjure in your mind of whitewashed houses, sparkling blue seas and dramatic cliff drops are instantly met after stepping off the ferry. A word of warning though, Santorini is not a cheap place to eat, and even though the [...]
Cooking classes have become so popular of late and the hotel industry is making the most of the trend. Culinary holidays are no longer desired by bored retirees but by many as a way of total immersion into a nation’s culture, whilst also giving attaining a lasting souvenir of skills that will just keep on giving. Now let’s face it, [...]
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