PAT LEE The business class lounge for Turkish Airlines at Ataturk Airport is nothing like I’ve ever seen. From a golf simulator, to a theatre, to the Turkish version of pizza pulled out of huge ovens or madeto-order Turkish ravioli, you could spend a good amount of time in the huge, two-level lounge. And while […]

ROBIN ROBINSON Within minutes of landing at Honolulu’s international airport, me and my colleagues are tucking into plates of steaming lau lau – pork handwrapped in taro leaves and slow cooked – at the nearby Highway Inn restaurant. A parade of savoury dishes follows – tangy poi (a Hawaiian staple made from taro root), ahi […]

PAT LEE We’re bouncing along a dusty, rutted path, giddy with excitement at the prospect of seeing wild elephants in Sri Lanka. It’s an opportunity that, while not unexpected, came earlier than planned as our guide got word that “The Gathering” was taking place the next day at nearby Kaudulla National Park. Did we want […]

ROBIN ROBINSON A royal baby, a royal wedding and a royal christening – so far 2018 has been an epic year for royal watchers. It seems the royal family – whose popularity dipped after Princess Diana’s death in 1997 – is back in a big way and likely to be around for some time. That […]