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STRUTH – Bumped by the Queen
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that 90-something holidaymakers booked on the boutique 5-star British cruise ship Hebridean Princess in July have been told to take their holiday somewhere else – because the Queen wants the ship for a getaway […]
LANGKAWI’S BEAUTY IS WRONGED BRIDE’S HERITAGE
david ellis WHEN a spiteful village hag on the Malaysian island of Langkawi maliciously spread the rumour that a beautiful young bride had been unfaithful to her new husband, she knew that if found guilty by the village elders it would mean the death penalty for the young beauty. And when those elders did ultimately […]
LANGKAWI’S BEAUTY IS WRONGED BRIDE’S HERITAGE
david ellis WHEN a spiteful village hag on the Malaysian island of Langkawi maliciously spread the rumour that a beautiful young bride had been unfaithful to her new husband, she knew that if found guilty by the village elders it would mean the death penalty for the young beauty. And when those elders did ultimately […]
DOING IT IN STYLE – YOU GOTTA BE DREAMING
david ellis ITS only January and we’re already planning on exiting 2010 in style. Mates remind us, however, that we’re mere scribblers, and suggest we’re dreaming. They’re right. But our dreams are sea-dreams because we’re taking ourselves aboard the world’s most highly-rated boutique motor-cruiser – SeaDream I – that come October will journey 6,100 […]
DOING IT IN STYLE – YOU GOTTA BE DREAMING
david ellis ITS only January and we’re already planning on exiting 2010 in style. Mates remind us, however, that we’re mere scribblers, and suggest we’re dreaming. They’re right. But our dreams are sea-dreams because we’re taking ourselves aboard the world’s most highly-rated boutique motor-cruiser – SeaDream I – that come October will journey 6,100 […]
STRUTH – 200 year old wine under the hammer
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says someone with an expensive taste in Cognac has paid a Paris restaurant the equivalent of AU$55,000 for a bottle of the stuff made in 1788 – the year the First Fleet landed in Sydney, […]
STRUTH – 200 year old wine under the hammer
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says someone with an expensive taste in Cognac has paid a Paris restaurant the equivalent of AU$55,000 for a bottle of the stuff made in 1788 – the year the First Fleet landed in Sydney, […]
EL CONVENTO’S SOME HOTEL – BAR NUN
david ellis In this first of a two-part feature, David Ellis discovers a boutique hotel in Puerto Rico with a history as rich as any tale Hollywood could conceive out of the Caribbean; and next week he continues its remarkable journey from convent to flophouse to an extraordinary boutique hotel…) ITS anyone’s guess what the […]
EL CONVENTO’S SOME HOTEL – BAR NUN
david ellis In this first of a two-part feature, David Ellis discovers a boutique hotel in Puerto Rico with a history as rich as any tale Hollywood could conceive out of the Caribbean; and next week he continues its remarkable journey from convent to flophouse to an extraordinary boutique hotel…) ITS anyone’s guess what the […]
NEW SERIES OF HAWAII FIVE-O? BOOK ’EM DANNO!
david ellis WE’VE never been averse to making dopes of ourselves in the cause of a good yarn, so the spectacle of us being loaded into the back of a police car in Honolulu was somewhat par for the course. And a source of obvious bemusement amongst fellow hotel guests awaiting more normal means of […]
