2013: a year in the world
Sri Lanka masks Happy New Year! By now, most of you in the northern hemisphere should be scrounging around for the asprin or box sets of Dr Who – or, […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Going, going, gone: last-minute summer holiday ideas
Still stuck for a trip this summer? Let us tell you where to go with these last-second holiday ideas compiled by Belinda Jackson. Throw the schedule out the window and […]
A tale of three cities: Colombo, Kandy & Galle
A wooden horse, salvaged from the ruins of a temple, rears up in its new home, the chic Colombo boutique hotel, Tintagel. Photo: Belinda Jackson Colombo, Kandy, Galle: discover the […]
The new world order: Myanmar and Sri Lanka our must-do destinations
Stilt fishermen in Sri Lanka. Photo: Alamy Myanmar and Sri Lanka top the list of must-do destinations, industry experts agree. CHRIS ZEIHER Lonely Planet My pick for 2014 is Riga, […]
Six of the best: hotel openings in 2014
The Shard, London. Soon to be home to Britain’s first Shangri-La hotel. It’s that time of year again, when the wrap-ups are wrapped, the forecasts are cast and we all […]
20 reasons to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colombo classic: The historic Galle Face Hotel. Photo: Getty Images 1 PETTAH Brave the streets of Pettah to pick up everything from fabrics and fruit to watches and wedding invitations. […]
Bill Clinton, Norwegian chess and the depths of the polar night: on the Hurtigruten
The view from the Panorama Lounge on decks 8 and 9, MS Midnatsol. This morning was spent eavesdropping on two old fellas from San Diego: from taking photos with Bill […]
Catching the light fantastic: the Northern Lights in Norway
The view from deck 9, MS Midnatsol. Photo: Belinda Jackson I have seen the light! The Northern Lights! That shimmering curtain of luminescent green that cloaks the Arctic Circle in […]
Norway asks: what does the fox say? ‘Brrrrrr.’
The new Astrup Fearnely museum, by too-hot architect Renzo Piano. “I hear it’s a bit of a backwater,” says an unnamed expat living in Sweden, looking across at neighbouring Norway. […]
I shopped the world’s largest IKEA and survived: Stockholm icons
This is not IKEA, this is Nybrokajen, one of Stockholm’s beautiful waterfront streets. Far more picturesque. Photo: Belinda Jackson. It’s been pretty wet here in Stockholm. I’ve traded Cairo’s sun […]