I know I talk about it often on this blog but I can’t help it. I love being around water and especially being at the beach. When I was very young, my mother refused to let me take swimming lessons because to her, that was tantamount to saying it was okay for me to drown. …
Often, when I see a picture of a beach with a clear blue sea, I immediately think it must be somewhere in the Caribbean which is why I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is a beach in Nicaragua in Central America. It’s just another indication to me that we really should travel to…
I’m not a fan of public transportation. I live in Lagos, Nigeria and most of the people I know have cars. This does not mean that most people who live in Lagos have cars but a lot of people here certainly do. This is why when I go on holiday, I’m never thrilled about using…
‘Round the World Ticket is a regular feature on this blog. It is a collection of links to articles and posts I found interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy it. Andy Garcia has had some pretty great and pretty awful times on holiday. These pictures of famous people snoozing are pretty funny…
Photograph by Hamed Saber
Regular readers of this blog know that I love water so it’s no surprise that I was attracted to this photograph as soon as I saw it. This picture shows part of Piran, a town in Slovenia. Piran is on a peninsula that juts into the Adriatic Sea and from what I’ve come across ,…
One of the questions I ask interviewees for my Going Places feature is to describe how they would spend a perfect day on holiday. Oddly enough, I’ve never answered that question myself. Until now that is. So far, my favourite holiday was one I had in Dubai but although I had lots of fun there, it…
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The Brazzerie is a beautiful restaurant on the 1st floor of the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Inside the restaurant, the black and white checkered floor and prints of French scenes on the wall give a cute you-are-not-in-Lagos vibe. The Brazzerie offers
Miami Beach is one of the places Penelope Trunk first went on holiday Going Places is a regular feature on this blog. It is an interview-style feature where different personalities tell us about the highlights of their holidays. Enjoy it. 1. Tell us about your very first holiday. I went to The Doral, in…