Top Four tips for four by four for fun!
Getting off the beaten track for your own adventure… Might it be time to rekindle your sense of adventure; to pull out a map, mark far-flung places and luxury lodges on your maps and simply drive into the unknown in a 4×4? It means you’ll be free, independent and away from the madding crowd but no less able to enjoy the luxuries that we all crave – you’ll just arrive by a different route! Assuming you...
Top Ten Tips for Long Haul Flight
We’re assuming with this review that you don’t spend as much time in First Class as you’d wish but endure more than your fair share with us and the rest of the world, somewhere behind the engines. We have, however, been fortunate enough to fly First on a number of occasions and it achieves two things – it delivers you refreshed and in high spirits at your destination…and fills you with dread when you next fly coach. Faced with the...
Luxury Cruises – Top tips for plain sailing
Many have opinions about cruising; a good number of whom have never set foot on a ship! It’s not for everyone but there’s also a huge difference between not liking cruising because you don’t like cruising – and not liking cruising because you didn’t prepare for cruising. Choosing if to cruise, with whom, where and how, can be crucial to the enjoyment of your holiday. Its worth considering these few pointers in order to make the...
A slow boat in China – Shanghai
After I’d been propositioned by a very attractive Chinese girl in the Nanjing Road who admired how handsome I was and wondered what I was doing later, Cherrie thought it was time to explore out of town before I became too enamoured with the sights of night-time Shanghai. The proposition was a surprise, but if we’d expected anything of Shanghai it wasn’t how impressed we’d be with the vibrancy, technology and overall dynamism of a...
Top tips for travelling around India
Even if you tour India in air conditioned comfort from start to finish you’re sure to come across all forms of transport and events that will hinder, annoy or tempt you to try them out – just because it’s part of the country and the magical madness of it all. The very best of transport in India still has its foibles, isn’t always what you’d expect in the West or still has to navigate around everything that India has to throw at it....
Cherrie’s top tips for making the best of India
There’s no denying that travelling to India can be a major culture shock, especially on your first visit. It’s a huge and bewildering country, with many different religions and cultures, and cities that roar with traffic and bustle with non-stop activity. Simple planning and awareness can reduce this assault on the senses and enable you to anticipate and enjoy your surroundings so that you can’t wait to come back again. Our tips fall...
