“This is no ordinary train. Luxury prevails. In fact, Ulf Bruchert, the manager, confides that the train was modelled on the one in the 1932 Marlene Dietrich movie Shanghai Express.” Rowena Carr-Allinson indulges herself in the rail trip of a lifetime…
“If you ever find yourself in Bangkok and either have recently come into some money or are travelling on company expenses, may I suggest that there is no better way to get to Singapore than on the Eastern & Oriental Express.” Rowena Carr-Allinson takes the train, and a step back in time, from Bangkok to Singapore…
“It’s not often I get email from a monster. And I would have ignored it, had it not contained such a heartfelt plea. But the obvious pain and suffering incurred in the arduous use of the keyboard with webbed feet, brought a tear to my eye.” Mike Clark shares an email from the Loch Ness Monster.
“A seemingly well-meaning guy with a cloth pointed out a fresh blat of runny cow dung on my shoe and offered to remove it for me. Hang on a minute. I only stepped out of the car a moment ago and if I’d trodden on something it would be under my shoe, not over it.” Stravaig reflects on some of the more common scams in Delhi, and the economic realities behind them.
Debbie Watkins gives us the basic gen on what you need to know when visiting Cambodia for the first time.
“I know rhododendrons are only the tip of the iceberg at Inverewe. But I have seen some wonderful gardens in my time – and if anything out there compares with Inverewe at rhododendron time, I have yet to find it.” Would you believe that Britain’s best rhododendron garden is to be found further north than Inverness?