Is Sri Lanka on your radar? It should be. Sri Lanka snuck up on me stealthily and unceremoniously. It happened in stages. First, the sierra-coloured […]

I attend a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo. Her hands tell a story of tradition and experience.  The sturdy fingers deftly pour the powdered tea […]

Why I think you should go to Tokyo. There are cities and then there are cities. Cities, in italics, are world-renowned entities that elicit rhapsodic poetic […]

It was Liebling’s idea to go to Lembongan island for three days. Lembongan is only a 45-minute speedboat ride away from Bali. I had […]

Hong Kong is visually stunning, even moreso at night. This is night-time in Hong Kong: tall buildings surround you and the neon lights affixed […]

I’ll be honest. I didn’t really like Ubud. I was shocked that I didn’t, actually. Everybody, especially since the “Eat, Pray, Love” book and […]

You know a hotel is good when you have no inclination whatsoever to discover the world outside its doors. The lobby at the Four Seasons […]