It is great to see a website publisher doing well and especially when they are attempting to branch out in a new direction beyond travel blogging. Nellie Huang has just released the first edition of her new online publication ‘Wildjunket Magazine’. After getting a sneak preview I managed to persuade her to allow me a [...]
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New Hotel, Athens – Boutique style, Big Hospitality
The New Hotel is certainly aptly named for now, only opened in July of 2011 near Constitution Square in Athens. When I visited it had been open just four months. First impressions are of a very stylish boutique hotel, with some very cool artistic touches around the lobby area and in the rooms. The reception [...]
Xenon Inn – Nafplio, Greece
The name of this ‘apartment hotel’ is a little misleading, it really is not an inn but it is a first class and very hospitable place to stay in lovely Nafplio, Greece. The rooms are really apartments, plenty of space, very luxurious and a pleasure to stay in. The decor and furniture is tasteful and [...]
Pick-Pocket Proof Pants™ – P^cubed ® Travel Pants
Innovative is probably not a word normally associated with a pair of trousers except maybe in the fashion world. The P^Cubed Travel Pants manufactured by Clothing Arts however certainly deserve this description with many features which will not be found on any other similar product. To prove it several are patented, another word not usually [...]
Fiji – Moon Travel Guide
I recently received this guidebook from the author David Stanley several weeks ago and originally just flicked through it. My initial impression was it is a decent little guide but does not bring anything particularly different to the genre. I did instantly take to the tagline however: “The cure fo the common trip” a statement [...]
Italy, Hotel Garda; Milan – Comfortable but not Luxury
When in Italy I managed to get a room in this central Milan hotel at a greatly reduced price due to booking and arriving late. They obviously had rooms to sell, and it is of course better to get a third of the normal rate than nothing at all. It is a deceptively large hotel, [...]
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The Art of Blogging – Tips for Self Critiquing
on January 23, 2013
Taking stock and reviewing our goals, what we wish to achieve and whether we are progressing is essential for everyone, regardless of their career or life path. Asking ourselves what we want out of life; fulfilment, enlightenment, blogging celebrity status, wealth, lifelong happiness or all of the above is useful to ensure we are heading [...]