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  • A rainy Monday. Torrential, in fact. Depressing? Or inspirational? It depends where you are. In our case if it was Monday so it must have been Indonesia – Day 10...0May 27, 2011

    Round the World in 12 days

    A rainy Monday. Torrential, in fact. Depressing? Or inspirational? It depends where you are. In our case if it was Monday so it must have been Indonesia – Day 10…

  • Drooling over the brochures, I could hardly wait for the “gala evenings with international chefs working delicious menus from the islands’ abundant fresh fish” – so when I asked for...0May 27, 2011

    The Seychelles

    Drooling over the brochures, I could hardly wait for the “gala evenings with international chefs working delicious menus from the islands’ abundant fresh fish” – so when I asked for…

  • The Rainbow Lorikeets, roosting like starlings, were already squawking in the Pandana palms and bottle-brush trees by the beach right in front of our window when the phone rang. It...0May 27, 2011

    Byron Bay, N.S.W.

    The Rainbow Lorikeets, roosting like starlings, were already squawking in the Pandana palms and bottle-brush trees by the beach right in front of our window when the phone rang. It…

  • We recently invited my four daughters and their children to spend an intriguing weekend in a bizarre but magical seaside retreat just up the coast from Aldeburgh in Suffolk. From...0May 27, 2011

    The House In The Clouds

    We recently invited my four daughters and their children to spend an intriguing weekend in a bizarre but magical seaside retreat just up the coast from Aldeburgh in Suffolk. From…

  • In a brief but dazzling flash of sumptuous vermilion and aquamarine, the kingfisher was gone, darting out of sight beneath the willows which brush the cool, clear waters of the...0May 27, 2011

    Werner’s Wickhambreaux

    In a brief but dazzling flash of sumptuous vermilion and aquamarine, the kingfisher was gone, darting out of sight beneath the willows which brush the cool, clear waters of the…

  • The streets of San Francisco are packed with restaurants: at Pier 39, the inevitable Alcatraz Cafe and Grill with “food so good it’s criminal”, even has a “genuine” Alcatraz jail...0May 27, 2011

    Convict Restaurant

    The streets of San Francisco are packed with restaurants: at Pier 39, the inevitable Alcatraz Cafe and Grill with “food so good it’s criminal”, even has a “genuine” Alcatraz jail…