A priest. A still-beating heart. Blood flowing down sacrificial steps until it flooded the ground some 30 metres below.
That’s my first mental image of Mayan culture, the…
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Let’s face it, the world has plenty of temptations. This page collects travel stories, photographs and videos that explores food from around the world. Chocolate in Cologne, foie gras in France, mushroom vodka from goodness knows where and more. Grab a glass, a fork and some fun and let Inside the Travel Lab tempt you with a global feast…
A Quick Taste of Tux in Austria’s Tirol
Sickness has slowed my writing this month, I’m sorry to say. But rather than leave you hanging in silence, I thought I’d cheer you up with a quick taste of Tirol. Drum roll please as I introduce the iPhone only snapshots of my time in the snow. Who could imagine…
News > The Footprints of Dragons
I can’t remember the first time I saw one. Not this year,nor last. Nor buried somewhere in the shadowy dreams of childhood. Wings. Claws. Scales. Jaws. Fire.
Sunday Soothing – The Shores of Playa Maya
Sometimes, you need to take the time to stop. To pause for breath. To fill your senses with everything that’s beautiful and to let the world’s cares, concerns and curmudgeonly characteristics sit sloppily in a pile to be dealt with tomorrow…
There’s More to Barbados Than The Beaches
But let’s face it, they’re a great place to start I’m writing this in a [...]
W.o.w. The W Retreat & Spa, The Maldives
Flying over teardrop-shaped islets that rise up from the Indian Ocean is a non-too-shabby approach [...]
London. As Seen From The Cavendish Hotel
As a Londoner, you miss out on London at its polite and polished best. The London that would turn up to a job interview. The London you would take home to meet your parents. The side of London that tourists get to see…
Introducing Beach Thursday
It’s one of those days. My fingertips are racing across the keyboard, images of cinnamon, chilli spice and chocolate dance through my head and my notebook overfloweth with scribbles of what I have seen. Or, more accurately…
The World’s Best Fast Food, Cartagena
Fast forward to the close-set streets of Cartagena, in sticky, colourful Colombia and her words resurfaced after all these years…
Going Walkabout in the Northern Territory, Australia
At 3am I woke up. At 4am I gave up. For the last few hours, I’ve…
Dipping My Toes in The Grenadines
This week, I’ve been dipping my toes in the Caribbean waters of the Grenadines. St Vincent and the Grenadines to give its full title – and since St Vincent’s is the main island it seems almost disrespectful not to.
To locals, however, St Vincent’s is Vincy and the whole speckled island flock goes by the name of…
Visiting Umbria
Umbria, Cumbria. How one little letter changes muddy, murky mulch into overflowing olive groves.
Diving Into Paradise – Redang, Malaysia
There’s a moment when this seems like the most graceless activity imaginable. Spitting onto someone else’s property and clamping your teeth onto oversized rubber. Then there’s the waddle with the flippers (sorry fins) before a tumble over the edge of the boat into the water…
How to Make Candy – Sugar Lessons in Sweden
Picture the scene. You’re walking through a Swedish market, your young daughter holding your hand. She sees row upon row of sweet candy canes, bright luminescent swirls of sugar and mint that gleam in scarlet and white, holly leaf green and ivy, forming…
Finding Forgotten Details – Seville Photos
I’ve been away from Seville for a long time. Not long enough to forget the sharp near salty tang of the local fino sherry, that bitter sensation that once warmed my throat like turpentine before seducing me with its subtler flavours. Not long enough to forget the…
Goodbye Kangaroo, Hello Bison
As I come to the end of my time in Sydney, I’m thinking about my next stop: Warsaw in Poland. And I’m just wondering whether I’ll find Bison Vodka there, as I did in Krakow.
That’s vodka served with a blade of grass.
Desroches Island: The Seychelles in the Sun
Raindrops decorated most of my days in the Seychelles, the days passing beneath skies streaked with charcoal, while
Jordanian Food: Sumac, Spice & Slice
The older I get, the more I enjoy cooking classes. With an opening statement like that, I’m in danger of
Tasting India by Christine Manfield – A Book To Fall In Love With
From the moment I opened the parcel, I could tell it was going to be [...]
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