“Breakfast remains the cornerstone of every trip,” wrote Bill Prince, Deputy Editor of British GQ Magazine, in a recent piece, Breakfast like James Bond, for Relais & Châteaux‘s magazine, Instants. “Now, wherever I am in the world, and wherever I’m staying I’ve become a stickler about how I start day. And for me,…
There is a scene in the film Into the Wild, when Emile Hirsh (playing Christopher McCandless) jumps into a canoe and heads down the Colorado River, riding bubbling rapids through Mexico to the Gulf of California. He goes with no training, no guide, no permit, only desire and a dream. Maybe…
We’ve had Christmases that have brought us to tears, on account of the unpredictable mixture of champagne and hugs, sure, and the blend of excessive compliments and gifts – both the giving and receiving thereof. But also, simply, because of the love witnessed and felt, around tree and table, from day to…
Wild animals have perfected the game of playing hard to get. In our relationship with them – one of equality and respect – they make the first move. Should we get impatient, lose ourselves in the excitement, and venture closer, we only scare them away. Most of the time, when I…
There are three things that are vital to us, here on our remote riverbank… Our connection to the land, our unity with the local people, and the creation of peace and tranquility. Our spa treatments echo this in every way, thanks to our joining hands with the local Zambian spa known as Sisters of Africa.…
“When I was young I used to watch the night sky for hours, looking for shooting stars. When they fell, I’d go and look for them in my backyard,” the traveller beside me on our sunset cruise said, as she gazed up at the night, waiting for a star to drop.…
