“Miss Gorman, you are staying in one of our Club Rooms so there is a separate check-in for you on the 28th floor.” Ooo how nice, I thought, as I followed the impeccably dressed employee around the lobby’s large circular couch/work of art towards the lifts. Hotel Icon operates a paperless check-in so when we … Read more
“Don’t worry about all the noises, the lodges tend to creak with the tide but that’s normal. Oh, and put your toiletries inside of an evening, if you leave them in the outdoor bathroom the baboons tend to steal them.” “I’m sorry, what-?!” I consider myself a fairly adventurous girl but when it comes to … Read more
I previously wrote that the streets of New York are made of sausages. Well I ate those $2 sausages and they are really good. Those of you who follow me on instagram will know that I pretty much ate all of New York this Easter. Sandwiches larger than my head, ice cream sundaes in a … Read more
“Manhattan? Fuhgettaboudit!” Paula has a real life Brooklyn accent and she is visibly itching to get out of Manhattan. She is the niece of Tony Muia, who owns and manages A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours, and both of them are Brooklyn born and bred. The tour picks up its passengers from Union Square Manhattan … Read more
In New York the streets are paved with sausages. The ground vibrates with the passing of subway trains just below the surface. The traffic lights robotically shout out their address, “This is West 42nd Street”, followed by orders to, “Wait, wait.”
In 2007, a couple of years before I started this blog, I hiked the Inca Trail. It was the first time I had ever done an activity like this – my first trek, my first time in South America, my first time camping in the wilderness. I was dreading it.
The bed was a stage, the sand the audience, the ocean a theatre. We had just checked into our private beach villa at the uber-luxury Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An Vietnam, and it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
The room was totally upstaged by the view out the window. We had arrived late at night and the softly-lit room seemed to form a path that led us to the dazzling, glittery lights outside. For framed in the window were the two most famous towers in Malaysia; if we had any doubts about where … Read more
There is a gentleman here that is on his 69th visit to the resort. 69! I couldn’t imagine picking the same nail colour that amount of times let alone committing to a hotel in this way. Ashley, 28, has returned to The Club Barbados Resort and Spa with her whole family – they came here … Read more
So I’ve got a bit of a crush. I wouldn’t say I was in love, we hardly know each other. But I can’t stop thinking about you; your laid back vibe, heavenly coffee and gallery-worthy street art on every corner. I’m completely enamoured and a little bit intimidated. I am a Londoner (an East Londoner … Read more