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Belize’s Blue Hole: Sinking 45m into a dark, cold cavern while trying not to get the bends
The speedboat crashes against the waves for two hours as we race out to the Blue Hole off the coast of Belize at 6am to do what is likely to be the deepest dive of our lives. Having only ever done one ‘deep dive’ (below 18m) – two days earlier as part of my Advanced … Read more
Going bonkers in Cancún’s Coco Bongo
A cross between a pop concert, Cirque du Soleil, a strip club and a 10-year-old’s birthday party. Loud, brash and in your face. Welcome to Coco Bongo, Cancún’s most talked about nightclub, where American spring breakers party alongside leathery-skinned and tattooed Brits willing to go the extra mile and break away from the resorts in Lanzarote, … Read more
Copenhagen’s dirty little secret
“Go here if you want weed” whispers our hotel receptionist as she marks a spot with a big cross on our tourist map while we check into a boutique hotel in Vesterbro – Copenhagen’s answer to London’s Shoreditch. After tucking into some authentic Danish cuisine in one of the many colourful, cozy restaurants in Nyhavn, we hopped … Read more
London in quotes: The city through the lens of the literary greats
London is a bad habit one hates to lose – William Sansom When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life – Samuel Johnson To walk alone in London if the greatest rest – Virginia Wolf The man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world – Oscar Wilde … Read more
Is the £25 View from The Shard better than the rest?
The Shard’s observation deck reaches 244m Open to the public from February 1 Adult tickets cost £24.95 and children’s tickets cost £18.95 (no concessions) Lifts whisk visitors up at six metres per second The View from The Shard certainly packs a punch but is it worth the hefty price tag? At 244m above London Bridge Station, … Read more
Sri Lanka’s on trend for 2013 and here’s why
This small island off the south-east coast of India is making big waves this year, being voted as the number one emerging destination by everyone from The Guardian to Lonely Planet. Now that the devastating civil war has come to an end, Sri Lanka’s beaches, wildlife, culture and cracking curries, are all ready to be consumed by the … Read more
