Been to Bangkok lately? If not, here are five swank new hotels worth the distance. The Siam The Siam opened in June on the banks of Bangkok’s River of Kings. This is a precious Bangkok experience of only 39 keys, each room a recreation of a colonial or literary vision as imagined by socialites of […]
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Seeking Sangomas in South Africa
I found myself in Durban, South Africa not long ago with time on my hands and nowhere to go. This is a rare moment for a travel writer on a press trip. Usually time is spent waddling on and off busses that take us in tight groups to places like cow farms in the middle […]
Ethiopia Redo: Woman’s Journey into Adulthood
Traveling in Africa is not easy. Traveling alone, single and female is all together something else. I had spent much of my youth doing just that. When I say youth these days I mean my 20s-40s as I am nearly 60 now and thought I was finally and happily in that “invisible” class, which, like […]