Yet another luxury travel blog
When a hotel makes an appearance in the Financial Times, it’s normally because an owner has their paintings confisciated for tax evasion, some guy with nukes wants to meet another guy with nukes in Singapore, or one’s going on the cheap for a few hundred million dollars and How to […]
Imagine you have a dream: to create the best home. You pick the best location with the best views; you use the best materials, designed by the best architect and built by the best builders. By every metric, you have achieved your goal. Problem is, you’ve only gone and put […]
If you met your first crush now, would you still feel the same? You’d probably appreciate that they no longer stick their fingers in electrical sockets and don’t try and eat crayons, but would that tingly feeling still remain? I still remember my amazement at visiting Serengeti House in 2018 […]
It’s rare you can genuinely say you were the first at something. History is dominated by the stories of the select few who went further than anyone before might have even dreamed. And just like Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon, we were the season’s first customers […]
As we departed Coworth Park, I was reminded of the frantic beginning of The Haunting of Hill House, where the family is scrambling to escape, with no time to do anything but flee from the present horror. Such was the rush of our departure, they probably thought we were stealing the entire […]
No, this is not that Four Seasons, the one between a dildo store and a crematorium. This is the lower-profile version. You’ll notice a lack of pictures in this review. That’s because I asked room service to come to clean my suite so I could photograph it, but they never showed up. […]
They say good things come in small packages. Those people clearly have never been parents, as I can tell you that tiny humans are capable of producing vile things. With only 30 rooms, Cheval Blanc St. Tropez is the baby of the group – not physically or emotionally, just in […]
DumaTau is part of Wilderness Safaris operation “please don’t let Singita destroy our entire business, please”. Most properties announce a major refurbishment, then close for a lick of paint, reopen and claim it’s a reimagining of travel, luxury, life, family and god. That your stay will be like a religious […]
There are some things I can’t get over. My first love in grade 3 rejecting me, that Gasgoine miss in Euro 96, when they stopped selling Galaxy Truffle chocolates, the end of Game of Thrones, when someone sent me Harry Potter erotica that haunted me for years. And the rooms at […]
Four Seasons Landaa, Maldives Room type: Sunrise Overwater Villa and Beach Villa Duration: 16 > 20th December, 2021 Everything has a time and a place, I’m just not sure when and where Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru’s is. That’s not to say it’s a resort with absolutely no good qualities, like […]
