Tom Laing – Sublime

Beaches And The Dodo

Tom Laing — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The groom in question is Ian, as British as they come and still coming to terms with the cultural melting pot that is Mauritius, his new bride’s birthplace and the location for their wedding. And so, as the sun slowly drops below the trees and we make our way through the grand house to our...

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The Real Deal

Tom Laing — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:31:00 +0000

When Michael and Claudia Paravicini moved their family from Switzerland to Chile in 2011, their plan was to leave the world of international finance behind to set up a simple B&B in a quiet corner of Northern Patagonia. Several redesigns later and what emerged was the Hacienda Hotel Vira Vira, a 16 room luxury hotel which quickly...

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Tom’s Trip to Easter Island

Tom Laing — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Easter Island Eco Travel Legend has it that this beach was the landing point of Chief Hotu Matu’a, the original founder of the Rapa Nui civilization that made Easter Island one of the most iconic places on Earth. I can imagine a similar look on the faces of his Polynesian crew, finally coming ashore after...

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The Bahian Pace of Life

Tom Laing — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:45:47 +0000

Brazil Eco Travel Ten years later, this ex-nurse who sold her Battersea Rise flat and left her job in Peckham to follow a peanut, is expanding Butterfly House, her two-year-old Bahia jungle lodge on Brazil’s Maraú peninsula. ‘The plan was to tumble in the wind’, Chloe tells us over tea as we shelter from a sudden...

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Hats Off to Panama

Tom Laing — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:16:19 +0000

‘Look at the skyline now, it looks like New York!’ boasts our driver, Diogenese, enthusiastically. And so it does, with a distinctly tropical twist, for Panama City has boomed in the last few years. Driven by an ambitious expansion of its famous canal and burgeoning banking and services sectors, Panama’s economy has grown at over...

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Tailing the Tiger

Tom Laing — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:21:54 +0000

Landing in Delhi on a warm January morning, we are whisked (as far as traffic allows) to the Taj Mahal Hotel in the heart of New Delhi. After checking in, we head out to explore the city. First we visit Humayun’s tomb, a 16th century, red sandstone edifice set in cool, shady gardens. An untrumpeted...

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Yurt, Bothy & Firetruck in the Scottish Highlands

Tom Laing — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:15:21 +0000

This is Inshriach House, a 10-bedroom Edwardian pile originally built as a shooting lodge by the Black publishing family in the 1900s. A century on and it feels like the Blacks are still in residence – the rooms are named after various family members and the style hasn’t changed much. Walter and his mother, Lucy,...

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