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☕️ 6 minute read Blue Rings Reef Sabah offers the rare opportunity to discover one of only two known double ringed marine sinkholes in the world, alongside vibrant coral reefs, crystal clear waters and exceptional snorkelling at nearby Laila Reef….

☕️ 10 minute read Twelve years ago, visiting Borneo Rainforest Lodge changed me. I went back to see if the magic had held. It had. And then some. Twelve years ago, I stumbled upon a detail that would quietly redirect…

☕️ 10 minute read Inside Gaya Island Resort conservation work in Sabah, where luxury and responsibility are not opposites – they are, at their best, inseparable. Conservation here is not a feature. It is the foundation. And this is the…

☕️ 8 minute read Rainforest behind. South China Sea in front. And a resort in Sabah that reminded me why the best journeys change more than just your postcode. Full disclosure: I’m a YTL person. Pangkor Laut Resort has had…

☕ 8 minute read A Stay at Hyatt Centric Kota Kinabalu Changed How I See This City I first came to Kota Kinabalu in 1992. I was here for work, staying at the Hyatt Regency, back when Wisma Merdeka was…

I lived in a five-star suite for months. I have never felt more uncomfortable in my life. Life, in the way that life sometimes does, took me to Chennai, in India. I didn’t plan it. I wasn’t chasing an adventure…

Learning to travel light in the heavy world Picture this: A cramped train station in Tokyo. Two boys, aged 10 and 14, huffing and puffing as they drag wheeled suitcases up what feels like the hundredth flight of stairs. Sweat…

Palangi Beach Resort & Spa – A Luxury Beachfront Stay Checking in, switching off…. The best part about checking into a resort on your own? Nobody questions why you’re having a second glass of Prosecco at 10 am, why you’ve…

Almost twenty years later… Almost twenty years ago, I first came to Bon Ton Langkawi for a friend’s wedding. The ceremony was intimate, held right there in Laguna, a house that was already over a century old even then. I…

Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Penang – A Return After 13 Years Over a decade ago, I read about a European couple in a magazine. They’d escape winter by spending six months – half the year at Shangri-La Rasa Sayang in Penang….