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If you’re looking for an elite tropical getaway in Thailand, check out this 5-star hotel, spa and private villa property on Cape Panwa Peninsula, at the very southeastern tip of Phuket. Sri Panwa Phuket I now know where Chanel Boy Bags go on vacation, although I also saw a Prada walk by. (PS: I want […]

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“Have you eaten rice today?” This common salutation among Thai people reflects importance of food and rice to their diet and culture. Indeed, the humble grain is the ideal foil and cushion for curries and stir-fries. Food is taken so seriously in Thailand that kings have written odes to curries. Thai people are also sensualists […]

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Panyee island is a 200-year-old Muslim fishing village built on stilts in Phang Nga Bay, about 7km from James Bond Island. Shaughnessy is photographed on the soccer pitch that floats alongside the village. The original floating wooden field was built in 1986 by a group of local boys who wanted to play rather than just […]

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In Parque del Centenario, a metre-long iguana scales the side of a tree. I’ve been told to keep watch for monkeys at this park, which sits on the fringe of Cartagena’s Getsemaní district, offering shade from the often-scorching streets. Locals walk by, unfazed. In this city, where a cloudless sky could give way to torrential […]

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My eyes are shut and I’m starting to sweat as the van navigates a tight cliffside curve while passing a truck travelling in the opposite direction. This four-kilometre stretch of road leading to St. Lucia’s posh Jade Mountain resort feels anything but luxe. This is what keeps it so private, says our driver, Phillip, assuring […]

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I’m looking down at a breakfast that could feed three people, not just me. “The smoked salmon comes from the fishmonger down the street, and the organic wheaten bread we make ourselves,” says Ernestine McKeever, the host of our luxury B&B, Strand House, in the seaside town of Portstewart in northwest Northern Ireland. She isn’t […]

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I’ve never filled out a Proust Questionnaire, but should someone ask what I consider to be my greatest achievement, I’ll contemplate my two children and then respond “Planning my wedding in under four hours.” That wasn’t my endgame; it was simply a proud dividend of dodging a traditional white wedding, with its look-at-me pomp, interminable […]

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Time is arguably the greatest luxury, and after a 35-minute drive from Salt Lake City International Airport, Park City’s swath of the Wasatch Range in the Rocky Mountains comes into view. The town spoils skiers with two resorts within minutes of each other: the 2,954-hectare Park City Mountain, the largest in the United States, and […]

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