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.
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Featured Stories
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Louis Vuitton: The Geometry of Travel
Louis Vuitton made the travel trunk lighter, weather-resistant and stackable—an industrial intervention that changed how luxury moved through the modern world.
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Wally Byam: The House That Learned to Travel
Wally Byam turned the travel trailer into something larger: a room, a community and the confidence to stay where tourism infrastructure had not yet arrived.
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10 Best Things to Do in Lake Como, Italy
My 10 favorite things to do in Lake Como, from Bellagio and Varenna to historic villas, botanical gardens, waterfalls, ferries, and Brunate.
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Juan Trippe: The World, Measured with String
Juan Trippe saw routes before airplanes: how Pan Am turned international flight from an expedition for the few into infrastructure for everyone.
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The Edgewater Hotel, Seattle: the city beyond work
My review of The Edgewater Hotel in Seattle after two stays: rooms over Elliott Bay, fireside evenings, Six Seven dining and walks to Pike Place Market.
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Zanzibar White Sand: the private side of Paje
My Zanzibar White Sand review: a beachfront villa on Paje Beach, with a private pool, rooftop sunrise, cooking class, garden bicycles and the Indian Ocean beyond.
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Victoria Falls River Lodge: the quieter life of the Zambezi
My Victoria Falls River Lodge review: elephants by the plunge pool, sunrise safaris on the Zambezi, excellent food and easy access to Victoria Falls.
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Casas del XVI: behind the doors of old Santo Domingo
My Casas del XVI review: Casa del Pozo, Dominican breakfast traditions, and where I would eat and explore from this collection of houses in old Santo Domingo.
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The Ritz-Carlton Santiago: a glass roof above El Golf
My stay at The Ritz-Carlton Santiago, from its glass-roofed pool and Club Lounge to an Estró dinner and the revealing contrast between El Golf and the historic centre.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong: Breakfast Above Victoria Harbour
My stay at the world’s then-highest hotel, from a room around the 110th floor to Cantonese breakfast and the specialist aquarium shops of Goldfish Street.