Travel should be fun. Even business travel, if we dare to admit it. While we may laugh at things that go mildly wrong (some now, some only years later) being a victim of crime is decidedly unfunny. If you have…
Destinations
A day in Dubai
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First impressions of Dubai as you come into land are of a vast desert city with a central body of water running through, dividing Deira and Bur Dubai. Should you land in the summer months, the overwhelming heat will be…
A day in Maputo
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The first impression one gets of Maputo is of what might have been. It is a city that is in many ways trapped in its own past. It is quaint for an African capital city and attractive in an old-world…
A day in Beijing
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So many people, a constant noisy bustle of every sort of traffic on the roads and the ever present haze in the air. For many visitors that describes Beijing in one sentence. A city of this magnitude and with such…
A day in Istanbul
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Istanbul has been around a very long time – for longer than the Turks have been in Turkey. It swarms with people, having once been the largest city in the world, with as many as 17 million reputed to be…
A day in Hong Kong
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It is an oft-stated goal of the government of Hong Kong to make the city a New York or London of the East. In our view they are succeeding and the British heritage in architecture and infrastructure gives it a…
First time to London? Things to do and places to see
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Must-see places and things to do in London.