11 Hours In the Sun

December 7th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Lifestyle

The Caribbean island of Tobago takes it nice and easy. There are no reasons to stir, except for the stirring swimwear worn here at Back Bay beach on the Caribbean side of Tobago. Vitamin AR Signature collection by Amahlia Stevens bathing suit, $246. Go to [...]

Rock Of Ages

May 19th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Lifestyle

The Greek island of Patmos is a place of wonders both natural and divine. The island has drawn solace seekers for nearly 2,000 years – without ever loosing its cool. Patmos doesn’t have an airport. So you take a seven – hour ferry from Athens [...]

Bali, Indonesia

April 22nd, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Travel

Few destinations have benefited from modern tourism quite like Bali, Indonesia. It makes them so sad: hundreds if not thousands of years of cultural evolution undone by a few decades of modern, Western-style development, much of it of the globalized luxury persuasion.

Borneo

April 21st, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Travel

Borneo is the third largest island in the world. It is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Administratively, this island is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The island is a haven for researchers, scientists and adventure travelers and one of the most [...]

Lord Of The Rings

February 25th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

This interesting a 3,500-square-foot multilevel home was built in 1975 by Ian Morrison, who took inspiration for the design from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” The house is set atop a hill in Barbados, which is an independent continental island in the western Atlantic Ocean. [...]

Grenada

February 7th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Travel

Grenada is a beautiful island in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. The history of Grenada begins in 1498, when Christopher Columbus first sighted the island and gave the name Conception island, later called it Grenada. The United States led invasion on the island, already 25 years, [...]