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Mai Samui Beach Resort & Spa

Mai Samui Beach Resort is a stylish hideaway situated on the tropical island of Koh Samui, one of Thailand‘s top destinations. The resort is ideally located on Samui‘s West coast on one of the most picturesque yet secluded beaches making it well suited for couples and young families. Enjoy the tropical landscape and luxurious accommodation […]

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Koh Samui

Abundant tourist resources, sandy beaches, coral reefs, and coconut trees are to be found on Koh Samui, the second-largest island (after Phuket) in Thailand off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus, in the Chumphon Archipelago. The island was probably first inhabited about 15 centuries ago, settled by fishermen from the Malay Peninsula and southern China. […]

8 hours in Doha

Doha is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Qatar, located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country and it is also the economic centre. We found ourselves spending over 8 hours in Doha after our flight had technical problems and so we left the international airport to […]

Oryx Rotana Doha

Oryx Rotana Doha features an outdoor pool and a spa. Refined cuisine and live jazz music can be enjoyed at the club. Found myself at the Oryx Rotana Doha hotel after finding out our connecting flight was delayed more than eight hours and was sent here by Qatar Airways to spend the day before catching a later […]

Qatar Airways Dreamliner Business Class

After several flights I have come to know Qatar Airways for its excellence in service and standards, my first Qatar Airways Dreamliner Business Class experience continued to exceed the standards of many other airlines in a similar class. The flight between Stockholm to Doha on the Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner has larger electronically-dimmable windows and provide natural light. […]

VIA Rail Business Class

VIA Rail Business Class intercity trains from Toronto to London in the most comfortable and relaxed way. It was the first time I travelled by train anywhere in Canada when I planned a return visit to see family in London Ontario. When I was younger we used to drive between cities to celebrate Christmas with […]

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Toronto Winter 2015

While visiting family in Toronto over the Christmas period of December 2015, I had a play with my camera and some time-lapse features. Sadly, there was no snow during my stay and Christmas wasn’t a white one, however, freak weather meant this Christmas to be one of the warmest on record. It was a difficult […]

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is in a great location and within walking distance from transport and most attractions in the Toronto city centre. The views are amazing too if you you have a view of the city hall. The room was spacious and the bed outstanding – the sleep quality was top marks!! The guest rooms […]

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Alicante – Spain

Alicante is a city and a historic Mediterranean port in Spain on the Costa Blanca. If you stay in the old town, most areas of interest are within walking distance. The old town of Alicante is roughly the triangular area enclosed by the Rambla de Méndez Núnez, the Explanada de Espanya, and Mount Benacantil. The old narrow […]

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Qatar Airways A380 Lounge

The A380 Lounge – your sanctuary in the sky on Qatar Airways. At 40,000 feet aboard the top deck of the Qatar Airways A380, a spacious elegant lounge in the sky. The A380 lounge is a sanctuary in the sky, the ideal place for First and Business Class customers to relax, read your favourite magazine, […]

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Angurukaramulla Temple

A little way down Temple Road, not far from Negombo town lies the Angurukaramulla Temple (Bodhirajarama Maha Viharaya – මීගමුව බෝධිරාජාරාමය), well known for its Buddha statue standing 6 metres high and its odd and colourful interiors. The massive seated Buddha and the gaping lion’s mouth of some weird creature from the entrance to the temple, a gigantic sculpture of […]

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Negombo – Sri Lanka

Located on the west coast of Sri Lanka at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, Negombo draws tourists who stopover on their way to or from the airport. With quick access to and from the country’s main international Bandaranaike International Airport and also approximately 35 km north of Colombo, Negombo has some quiet stretches of beach which are maintained by […]

Jetwing Sea

Jetwing Sea is a beachfront hotel in Negombo with spacious rooms with stunning sea views. Modern dark wood furnishings and floors, Jetwing Sea’s air-conditioned rooms have flat-screen TVs, a sofa and tea/coffee making amenities. The bathroom is large and modern, with large bathtub and separate shower, a glass wall means you can look into your room while soaking in the […]

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Pigeon Island National Park

Pigeon Island National Park is one of the two marine national parks of Sri Lanka, situated 1 km off the coast of Nilaveli. The island’s name derives from the rock pigeon which has colonized it. Pigeon Island was designated as a sanctuary in 1963, and in 2003 it was redesignated as a national park, the 17th […]

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Nilaveli – Sri Lanka

Nilaveli, meaning “Open-land of the moon-shine” in Tamil, is a coastal resort town located about 16 km North-West of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. It used to be a popular tourist destination, however, due to 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and Sri Lankan Civil War tourist numbers have declined, until 2010 onwards, we can see a significant increase in […]

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Trincomalee – Sri Lanka

Located on the east coast of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee has been one of the main centres of Tamil language speaking culture on the island for over two millennia. One of the oldest cities in Asia, it has served as a major maritime seaport in the international trading history of the island with South East Asia. […]