The Blue Lagoon
Throw a stone at a room full of newlyweds and, chances are, it’ll hit a couple who have just come back from the Maldives.
These pancake flat islands are where knee-jerk tourists go. They’re the place you splutter out when asked ‘where would be your dream holiday destination?’ by a regional reporter on a slow news day.
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Getting ready for the expedition
Like laundry on a final spin I’m thrown around inside a four-by-four with tyres the size of Hampshire. I bite my lip, bang my head, and try to focus on the horizon as I shudder along roads that can only be described as ‘off’.
I’m in a land about halfway between Norway and the top of the world. And my journey’s just begun…
Sunday Times Style
Don’t know about you, but I can’t truly say I’m ready for the week ahead until I’ve taken on board the teachings of the Sunday Times Style Magazine. Quite how I stumbled through seven days without it, I’m not sure. Knowing that Karl Lagerfeld exists on grated carrot, giving away your grandmother’s silver is incredibly liberating, and noodles aren’t just food but ‘a way of life’ in Singapore is all I need to propel me into action…
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Deerhunter in Zanzibar, Liverpool
Got to hand it to the people behind Sound City take two. Four fab days of great music, town was alive with exotic looking (and sounding) visitors, and not all of them had travelled EasyJet to get here. Oh, and Alma de Cuba was cool. All in all, not an easy trick to pull off…
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