I CONFESS I WAS a little anxious as I sat there on the plane. It was going to be the first time I’d see Boracay again after a long period. I loved it once, had been infatuated by the magic and seemingly endless possibilities. My memory bank is highlighted by long twilit walks with my […]
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Fleetwood Mac in Australia Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band Fleetwood Mac is now on an Australian tour, starting at the Qudos Bank Arena on the 15th, 17th, 27th and 29th August. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will feature the new line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie along with newcomers Mike
IT’S BEEN A FEW days since Tet, Vietnam’s riotous weeklong New Year holiday, but Sapa is still in celebration mode. “There’s a festival tomorrow in Cat Cat village… you should go!” says my guide, Khu, a 20-something rice farmer from nearby Lao Chau. Khu is leading me through Matra, a Black Hmong hilltribe village five
My first memories of Rajasthan are tied up with golden mustard fields, turmeric hills and a slobbering water buffalo. It was the mid-1990s, and I was a graduate student investigating heirloom millet seeds—the region’s primary grain crop—and living in an unfinished brick house on the outskirts of Jhunjhunu, back then a dusty market town clamoring
Singapore Art Scene Everyone who grew up with Disney has been acquainted with two of the world’s most beautiful things: music and magic. In a brightly animated fashion, winged beings sprinkle fairy dust over earnest dreamers, princesses rise up from decades-old naps, and ragged girls transform into a midnight miracle. Mermaids have legs, lions can
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Explore beaches and basilicas in this Spanish seaside city A Mediterranean coastline, vibrant nightlife and melt-in-the-mouth tapas – Barcelona really does have it all and it doesn’t skimp on culture either. This Catalonian capital was once home to big names like Antoni Gaudí and Pablo Picasso, who literally left their mark on the city. Take
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