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Phuket is passe, Ko Phi Phi is a mad-house and Ko Tao is overrun with travelling divers wanting to snog each other. So where should the dedicated beach bum looking for a relatively private strip of sand head. (more…)

Portland is located on the West Coast of the United States just South of the Oregon/Washington border, and about two hours by car to Oregon’s breathtaking coast. While Portland is not the state’s capitol city it is Oregon’s most populated (more…)

I have to admit I have a Miami vice. From a generation that was first introduced to the city by Michael Mann in the 80s, my first visit revealed that the city has not changed much in the last thirty years. While South Beach (SoBe) has all of the Art Deco charm (more…)

Frank Sinatra sang that Chicago was his kind of town and from the moment you arrive, you start to understand why. To use a popular American term Chicago is ‘sassy’, a self-confident, self-assured, party town. The town is dominated by Lake Michigan (more…)

If there ever was a place that summed up the beauty of Western Scotland, It is Plockton. 85 miles from Inverness, and just 9 miles from the Isle of Skye, this village is nestled high up, next to Loch Carron and Loch Alsh. (more…)