Category Archive: Travel

17 Jan

Goodbye to Bustling Bombay

Goodbye to Bustling Bombay

Two weeks in magical Mumbai, mixing meetings with newspaper editors and handbag manufacturers, plus sightseeing, shopping and general immersion incredible India. Interviewed Bollywood’s biggest star, toured …

 
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01 Jan

Magical Mumbai: Happy New Year!

Magical Mumbai: Happy New Year!

Incredible first day in bustling Bombay, India’s pulsating capital in all but name. Strolled Oval Maiden, Taj Mahal hotel, Gateway of India, CVT station, tasty …

 
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25 Jul

San Sebastian, Euskadi

San Sebastian, Euskadi

Delicious Basque tapas aka Pintxos Lovely weekend with the boys in beautiful San Sebastian, gastronomic capital of the Basque Country. To celebrate Jonnie’s imminent wedding we enjoyed …

 
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06 May

Down Under chez Chelle to Meet the Parents

Down Under chez Chelle to Meet the Parents

Amazing to think that the First Fleet took 252 days to reach Australia from London Town. We took 23 hours, and it still felt like …

 
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01 May

Heron & Wilson Islands, Great Barrier Reef

Heron & Wilson Islands, Great Barrier Reef

Magical trip out to the Great Barrier Reef by helicopter. First stop Heron Island, where we saw egrets (not herons), muttons and boobies, plus thousands …

 
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14 Feb

Walt Disney World, Florida: February 2009

Walt Disney World, Florida: February 2009

Eye opening and preconception-busting trip to Walter’s Magical Kingdom*. Really enjoyed the MK and EPCOT, but the Animal Kingdom is where it’s at. Check out …

 
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20 Jan

Barack O’Clock: Inauguration 20/01/09

Barack O’Clock: Inauguration 20/01/09

Amazing five days in D.C. for the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama. Seduced by a desire to see …

 
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09 Nov

Lovely holiday in Vejer de la Frontera

Lovely holiday in Vejer de la Frontera

Ten very relaxing, mostly sunny, technology free days in south west Andalucia. We flew in and out of a very windy Gibraltar. Bastion of Britishness, …

 
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01 Aug

The Journey is the Destination

The Journey is the Destination

I saw this written on the back of an Indian bus once, and it really sums up how I think about travel. It’s not so …

 
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31 Mar

Beijing: capital of the Empire

Beijing: capital of the Empire

Never underestimate the power of central planning Chinese communist style. We’ve marvelled at the sheer modernity of Beijing’s vast flyovers, kick-ass Olympic architecture and crazy …

 
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