Santa Fe: Falling in Love with the Many Charms of “The City Different”

IT DIDN’T TAKE US LONG to realize why Santa Fe is dubbed, The City Different. For starters, it is an old city — older than the USA itself. And, at 7,000 feet, the nation’s highest state capital. Here, the history...

Soaring on the Slopes

Where the snow is perfect, the hills are fabulous and the après ski fun is as hot as the snow is cold: Park City, Utah; Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Whistler, British Columbia. Park City Perfection IF YOU LOVE SKIING but don’t want...

O:LV Fifty Five & O:live Boutique – Stylish, fashionable luxury in San Juan

These sister hotels in the upscale Condado neighbourhood of San Juan offer two unique styles, featuring stunning art and design with gorgeous rooms and divine public spaces. Just a block apart, and owned by an award-winning husband and wife design...

Cruising with History on Sea Cloud

At sea on the 64-guest windjammer Sea Cloud you might find yourself wishing the walls could talk. Built as a yacht by a cereal heiress nearly 90 years ago, the ship hosted heroes and despots, royalty and celebrities, and a...

Staying Places: Hotel X – A Modern, Urban Resort Hotel in Toronto

Toronto has a hip new hotel close to Lake Ontario within the historic Exhibition grounds, offering guests an urban vibe, a luxe sensibility as well as fantastic city views, gorgeous rooms, and varying dining options. Hotel X, the first Toronto...

A Safari with Significance

TRUE DARKNESS has just taken over, the last streaks of the sunset fading from orange, to pink, to blue and then– inky black. The Sundowner drinks have been packed away, the limes stowed, the biltong back in its container, and...

Seduced by Sri Lanka

EARLIER IN THE MORNING, we’d boarded the blue train in Kandy for the seven-hour journey – considered one of the world’s most beautiful train rides – to the mountain village of Ella. After three days of hiking and touring tea...

You Are Very Welcome in Jordan

When my flight landed in Amman at 1:35am, I was tired and mildly concerned about making my way through customs, finding my driver and retrieving my luggage – such are the joys of international travel. I needn’t have worried. There, smiling broadly...

Getting Personal with California Gray Whales

THE MEXICAN FISHERMAN operating our Panga, a small fiberglass fishing boat, knew what he was doing as he scanned the horizon. With keen eyes, he was looking for signs of California gray whales. He pointed. My fellow guests and I...

Tales from the Serengeti

WE ARE DRESSED FOR THE PART; swaddled in shades of khaki, greens and browns, multi-layered against the chill of our early morning drive in the Serengeti. The sun has taken over from a starlit night in which we slept peacefully,...

Magical Moloka’i: The Hawaii You Never Knew

“Slow Down, this is Moloka’i,” read the hand-painted sign that greets me on the road leading out of the airport. With nary a car in sight, I can see why there needs to be a reminder, as the wide open...

Summertime in Switzerland

IN MY MIND, Switzerland is always snowy – and I imagine myself schussing down an alp. In reality, my chance to tour Switzerland came in summer and while the Alps were definitely there, no skiing was involved. Instead, my time...