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TARANTULAS AND SNAKE WHISKY – THE DINING’S FINE
David Ellis TARANTULAS, crickets and a swig of snake whisky are now on the menu for the more culinary-adventurous during eight-day Mekong River cruises between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia’s Siem Reap. But daring as they may appear, such “delicacies” are not actually part of the cuisine aboard the river ships AmaLotus and […]
TARANTULAS AND SNAKE WHISKY – THE DINING’S FINE
David Ellis TARANTULAS, crickets and a swig of snake whisky are now on the menu for the more culinary-adventurous during eight-day Mekong River cruises between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia’s Siem Reap. But daring as they may appear, such “delicacies” are not actually part of the cuisine aboard the river ships AmaLotus and […]
HOW A SEADREAM SURVIVED SEPTEMBER 11
David Ellis & Malcolm Andrews NORWEGIAN entrepreneur and cruise industry heavyweight, Atle Brynestad was certain he was on a winner when he bought two small luxury cruise ships that Carnival Corporation no longer needed, and announced that he was going to refurbish and launch them as super-luxury in a “Yachting, Not Cruising” concept. The critics […]
Struth! Not ‘a-mused’ at NYC whistle stop
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that bellmen in New York’s ritzy hotels are up in arms over a City Council order to stop those at one of them from blowing their famous whistles to attract cabs for guests. For […]
Struth! Not ‘a-mused’ at NYC whistle stop
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that bellmen in New York’s ritzy hotels are up in arms over a City Council order to stop those at one of them from blowing their famous whistles to attract cabs for guests. For […]
SRI LANKA TO BANGLADESH VIA THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS – HISTORY, CULTURE, PALACES AND EVEN A PENAL OUTPOST
FAR HORIZONS has a 22-day fully-escorted tour in March next year to Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands and Bangladesh which truly takes inveterate travellers off the beaten track. Delving into the history and culture of these remarkable destinations, visits to historic royal palaces, ancient cities and even a former British penal outpost are highlights. Sri […]
SRI LANKA TO BANGLADESH VIA THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS – HISTORY, CULTURE, PALACES AND EVEN A PENAL OUTPOST
FAR HORIZONS has a 22-day fully-escorted tour in March next year to Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands and Bangladesh which truly takes inveterate travellers off the beaten track. Delving into the history and culture of these remarkable destinations, visits to historic royal palaces, ancient cities and even a former British penal outpost are highlights. Sri […]
Struth! Airport pantheon on Madeira
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis asks is this gigantic concrete structure rising out of the sea (Pic 1) part of a massive coastal highway jumping from headland to headland, the foundations for some future huge over-water resort, or possibly a vast car-park […]
Struth! Airport pantheon on Madeira
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis asks is this gigantic concrete structure rising out of the sea (Pic 1) part of a massive coastal highway jumping from headland to headland, the foundations for some future huge over-water resort, or possibly a vast car-park […]
Struth! Take a leaf of Monstera Deliciosa
IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a former journalist colleague in Australia and now long-time resident of New Caledonia’s Isle of Pines, Hilary Roots has dropped a note after reading us online to point out how the weird and wonderful can be […]
