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May 23, 17 •
143 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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For those who appreciate the purity and majesty of a landscape untouched by human hand, Antarctica should be high on the list of places to visit. And if you have a few weeks to spare, Spirit of Shackleton would be a good place to start. Named after the...
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May 23, 17 •
123 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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Japan is no stranger to innovation when it comes to railway. The Shinkansen high-speed bullet-trains set world records for speed, something that clearly attracted the attention of Ferrari when it got its designers involved in its cruise trains. Well, Japan...
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May 23, 17 •
164 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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Despite looking like a set from a sci-fi blockbuster, the Solar Egg is in fact very real. When Swedish art duo Bigert & Bergström were commissioned to design and build a giant sculptural chamber in the form of an egg, they were only too happy to oblige....
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Apr 24, 17 •
240 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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There are spas, and there as SPAs. The one serving Moss Hotel in Iceland is definitely the latter. Lava cove is a subterranean spa on the shore of Blue Lagoon, built into an 800 year old lava flow with geothermal sea water and a unique landscape that includes...
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Apr 24, 17 •
137 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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Despite sounding like the ancestral home of a Capcom Streetfighter, The Nobu Ryokan, in Malibu, California, is available to all. With relaxation facilities that would certainly be welcomed by the tired muscles of a veteran brawler, Ryokan describes itself as...
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Apr 24, 17 •
141 Views •
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Dominik Schwab •
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If your idea of the perfect getaway involves an emphasis on fine cuisine, look no further than Hotel Awa – a gastronomy-inspired retreat in Los Lagos, Chile, just 20 minutes away from Puerto Varas downtown. It sits just 20 meters from Llanquihue Lake´s...
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Nov 6, 15 •
858 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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Despite looking more than a little bit like Gandalf’s Middle Earth holiday home, the Lofoten Opera Hotel is a real thing – an 11,000 square meter hotel and residential complex in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago and a spectacular architectural triumph....
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Jul 17, 15 •
790 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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If you often find yourself cursing the fact that you weren’t born with wings and laugh in the face of those with a fear of heights then the SkyLodge Adventure Suites might be just the thing to help calm that raging demon inside. It’s about the closest...
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Jun 29, 15 •
839 Views •
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Dominic Cadden •
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It’s said that ‘Good architecture lets nature in.’ This design from Nicholas Plewman Architects is so good, the native elephants, hippos, lions and leopards continue to live on and use the site as if these buildings had never emerged out of the Okavango...
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May 11, 15 •
1005 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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There are few things better to do on a luxury holiday than kick back with a cold beer and watch the waves roll in, but if beach bars full of gringos who had the same idea at 9am that morning aren’t your thing we have just the ticket. Aptly named Cloud 9,...
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Mar 19, 15 •
848 Views •
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Dominic Cadden •
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Somewhere beyond the overcrowded cities there are places in India where nature hasn’t been beaten down within an inch of its life. One of these is Bengal state’s Neora Valley National Park in, an area with such an important biodiversity that it is on...
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Feb 11, 15 •
1002 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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Considering it’s one of the coldest and most inhospitable places on earth there’s something strangely alluring about exploring the arctic. Of course today’s modern conveniences make it a lot easier than it used to be to traverse this terrifying terrain,...
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Nov 12, 14 •
1387 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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If you ever fancied exploring the Arctic then aside from putting your life in the hands (or rather, paws) of wild dogs there’s only one true way to do it – in a nice, safe truck. And these days there are some pretty fancy vehicles knocking about that can...
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Oct 14, 14 •
1156 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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Footballers are a pampered lot. In between entertaining us by kicking a ball around a field a couple of times a week they’re earning the kinds of wages that could eradicate world hunger, pulling the kind of women that’d satisfy a Saudi Prince and buying...
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Sep 18, 14 •
1176 Views •
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Dominic Cadden •
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For a long time, cruise ships were the domain of grannies and widows, but now they’ve become cool with a younger crowd. You won’t find a cruise more chilled than Crystal Cruises’ route from Alaska, across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, to Greenland,...
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Aug 23, 14 •
1135 Views •
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Dominic Cadden •
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Bangkok has a few rooftop restaurants and bars, but it’s fair to say that from 61 floors up in the Banyan Tree Resort, the Vertigo and Moon bar looks down on all the others. This is a true open-air rooftop venue – beware of throwing salt over your...
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Aug 7, 14 •
1450 Views •
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Paul Lester •
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Ok I’ll admit it – I’m not a surfer. I’ve tried it before, but like many things didn’t pursue it because I wasn’t great at it right away. And more importantly, it was cold, I don’t like early mornings, and it takes too much effort to get good...
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Jul 13, 14 •
1125 Views •
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JABacchetta •
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If Dubai has its way, Mall of America will soon look like a flea market. Officials in the city have plans to build–what they’re calling–the Mall Of The World. The project will essentially be a temperature-controlled city, all inside of a single...
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Jun 10, 14 •
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Dominic Cadden •
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You can choose an ideal destination, stay in fancy hotels and fly Business Class, but will you really ‘feel like a rock star’? You will with The Four Seasons Private Jet Experience – but without having to tour Brussels! The experience starts with the...
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May 28, 14 •
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Paul Lester •
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For some people life is about more than repetitive routines, daily grinds, and laborious long hours. For others it is about experiences, about forgoing the banal in favour of the unpredictable. Often dismissed by those who don’t have the desire or ability...
