Cultural Differences Can Be More Than Amusing. We have been living in the Netherlands for nearly five weeks now and we’ve become accustomed to the essentials: we watch out for speed demon bicyclists – they’re everywhere!;...
In the desert mountain landscape of the Trans-Himalayas, it’s easy to forget the color green. On my way to Komic, the highest inhabited village in the Himalayas, the unassuming village of Lhangza enchants me. Blue,...
By Robert Schrader on July 23, 2011 in Amman, Asia, China, Featured, Jordan, Middle East, Photos, Shanghai, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
When I missed my flight from Saigon back to Shanghai in August 2010, there was no turning back: my round-the-world journey had begun. As I made my way up the coast of Vietnam with my...
Never been to Chile? Take in a little pampering at the Alto Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa which is situated among the Cordillera de la Sal which translates to “Salt Mountains.” You stay in low-slung,...
Our plan to complete the circuit from Shimla to Manali via Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti was entirely dependent on Mother Nature. Incessant rain at the onset had suggested snow in the upper reaches of Himachal.
It...
Jane Avril's flinchingly high kick on the poster for her Jardin de Paris performance is perhaps the most defining image of turn-of-the-century Paris. Even at the time, Avril credited the Toulouse-Lautrec designed poster with launching...
Skiffs Along Harbor Dike, Hoorn, North Holland
Many people are confused between Holland and the Netherlands. And, okay, I will confess, before embarking on this adventure, I used the two appellations interchangeably. My mistake. Or was it? ...
Styled by Lula editor-in-chief Leith Clarke and directed by Mercedes Helnwein, this video lookbook is perfection... I love the Orla Kiely girl it portrays - bookish but mischievous, twee but with a dark side. And...
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