Notes from the Road
A traveller’s record of places, provisions, and the small companion who now comes along. Read about the author if you’re a curious traveller, or work with me if you mean business.
Featured Stories
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Sir Henry Lunn: How Winter Became a Holiday
Henry Lunn joined hotels, mountain railways and British club life into a winter world worth travelling for. His son Arnold helped give it a sport.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Bali: The Island I Remembered
Gamelan in the lobby, Indonesian dinners and the ocean beyond Sawangan: my return to a familiar Bali through a newly opened Ritz-Carlton.
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Marquis Los Cabos: mornings by the Sea of Cortez
My Marquis Los Cabos review: ocean-facing rooms, quiet dawns and infinity pools, with Mexican food, art, wine and whale watching beyond the resort.
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Henry Cole: The Man Who Made the World Keep Building Wonders
The ancient world gave travellers a list of wonders. Henry Cole helped give the modern world a reason to keep building new ones.
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Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués: A Villa Above the Pacific
My Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués review: which private-pool villa to choose, cliffside access, restaurants, spa, Pacific sunsets and Acapulco.
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George Eastman: Take a Kodak With You
George Eastman made photography a travel instinct. The habit outlived the extraordinary business Kodak built around every frame of film.
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Amarembo by Touch Down: between bamboo and fire
My Amarembo by Touch Down review: thatched garden cottages near Volcanoes National Park, fireside meals, golden monkeys, and Gorilla Guardians Village.
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Black Marlin Dive Resort, Kadidiri
A hillside villa above the sea, simple island comforts and a memorable lesson in full-board dining at Black Marlin Dive Resort in the Togean Islands.
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Bertha Benz – The Woman Who Invented the Road Trip
Before Route 66 and the romance of the open road, Bertha Benz took an experimental car, two boys and a hatpin on a journey to see her mother.
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The Santosa Villas & Resort, Lombok
My review of the former Santosa Villas & Resort in Senggigi, Lombok: a secluded garden suite, a generous pool, and disappointing breakfast and spa.