August 11, 2016
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Sam Clark
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Best of 2015: Holidays & research trips
December 16, 2015All of our tailor-made holidays are crafted from our own first-hand experiences. So, without further ado, here are our highlights of 2015 – including some new and unusual experiences you can try on your own travels.
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Sam gives his insider tips on travelling in India. From turban tying, to kite flying to staying in castles, here he tells us more about his favourite experiences.
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Great news for us and all fans of Thailand holidays – Emirates flying directly into Phuket has just made options into Phuket a whole lot wider. No funny stuff with stop offs in Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok – this is a straightforward direct flight.
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The travel section of the Guardian last Saturday published an excellent article by travel journalist Ben Tarring about his family visit to Sri Lanka. I thought it was an excellent piece and we were proud to have been involved in suggesting and planning the trip.
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Yes: it’s true. Finally there will be a direct flight from UK to Vietnam –…
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Word reaches of two interesting sounding restaurant openings in Hoi An/Danang – already something of a foodie mecca.
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Listening to the Today Programme on the BBC this morning I heard an interesting snippet…
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The legend that is Muttiah ‘Murali’ Muralitharan plays his last test this weekend – at…
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The villa concept in Sri Lanka is much misunderstood and so it’s a theme I…
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We have been asked alot recently about Sri Lankan Airlines new economy plus cabin. Sri…
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Sad news today that Netherbyres Bungalow, near Bandarawela, is no longer available for paying customers.
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Exciting news that on January 15th 2010 you will be able to experience a solar eclipse from Galle in southern Sri Lanka. Apparently it will be an annular eclipse, so the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the Sun will appear as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the outline of the Moon.
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Sitting in our office in Wandsworth putting together tours for people in Vietnam is a decent way to make a living. My thoughts do wander sometimes though, to the places I am working on, and where i would like to go next.
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I’m in on way to New Zealand via Singapore and I have a 24 hour stopover. Keen to remind myself od the flavours I remember, I asked a friend who was brought up in Singapore and returns often to tell me what to eat given 24 hours in Singapore.
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some even better specials given to us by Singapore Airlines….
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his year we have had some fantastic special offers from The Maldives.
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A few years ago I was asked by a certain well known ‘responsible’ travel company to provide suggestions for ‘responsible’ product in the Maldives that we could market through their site. It was totally impossible.
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For years intrepid backpackers (our co-founder Tom Armstrong among them) have raved about the quality of Beer Lao, the locally brewed beer served throughout Loas but rarely found elsewhere.
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Great post from Harry and Ben in Vietnam there – tales of random street food…
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The Sri Lankan Government today announced that the 25 year civil year that has blighted the country was over