While new hotels are almost always enjoyable to stay in, new hotels in Japan often have an added bonus – that they still smell like hinoki (Japanese cypress). On a recent trip to Nara, I was lucky enough to experience this Japanese new hotel smell at the Novotel Nara. I was in Nara for just […]
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There is nothing better than when you expect to fly in an aging plane’s interior only to find out that the airline has recently refurbished the bird that you will be taking. Such was the case with a recent flight from Seoul to Amsterdam on a KLM 777-200ER. While I have never actually flown the
I have been going to Japan for a decade now, but until very recently, I had never made it off the mainland. At the tail end of a month-long trip to the Land of the Rising Sun in November, I decided it was time to I finally check out the country’s tropical paradise, so I
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If you have followed this blog for a while, you will ascertain that I am a fairly seasoned traveler. I’ve been in some hairy situations in my voyages: severe food poisoning in Malawi, potentially kidnapped in the back of a cab in Cairo, and intensely interrogated at passport control in Moscow. Still, I don’t think
As long as I have been going to Japan, I have been enamored by its business hotel brands. Hotel chains such as Super Hotel and Dormy Inn are where I always prefer to stay in Tokyo. Although the rooms are generally small, those hotels are clean, utilitarian and comfortable and I have grown to love
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When Honolulu is brought up, quite often it is glitzy Waikiki Beach that comes to mind. And for many, staying amid all that hustle and bustle does not sound like a very relaxing prospect for a beach vacation. But about a mile south of Waikiki, on the way to Diamond Head, there is a sleepy
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I was admittedly a little bit late to the Portugal party. My first trip to the country was for work to Lisbon in 2022 and since then, I’ve been back once or sometimes twice every year. Everything that people say about it is true. It’s cheap, the food is outstanding and although there are plenty
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On a recent work trip, I had a weekend to kill in Phnom Penh. Now, Phnom Penh is not typically a city which many people hit on their visits to Southeast Asia. If they visit Cambodia at all, it is to go to see the temples at Angkor Wat or to the islands. But on
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While everyone would prefer to fly in first or business class, or barring that, premium economy, employers often don’t spring for that, so sometimes a work trip has to be flown in economy class. Even so, there are some airlines where I don’t mind a trip in the back of the bus so much. Asian
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After trying out Virgin Atlantic’s premium economy product a couple of times over the last year or so, when it came time to fly home on the redeye, I booked myself an Upper Class seat so that I could sleep for a few hours on the short 7 hour 50 minute flight once we were
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