Tag: travel
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Ubud: Raw power
Like so much of modern Bali, Ubud’s charm is a carefully manicured one. Beguiling global visitors in their droves, the cultural capital of this tiny emerald isle has spent the past decade and a half courting a wellness movement. Holy pilgrims joined by devotees of holistic enlightenment; achieved, in part, through a cleansing of the…
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Staggering New Zealand strolls
Grandeur. It lures us to mountainsides and puts us in the belly of the deepest snaking valleys. And logistics aside — it’s the ultimate Antipodean long-haul — New Zealand has some of the grandest walking trails on Earth. “Tramping” is a matter of Kiwi national pride. NZ has nine Great Walks and hundreds of not-quite-so-great,…
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Goan health food havens
India hasn’t always had the best rep when it comes to clean eating. Those richly ghee’d curries and delectable, oil-steeped, breads sitting heavy in our stomachs. However, with the same mindfulness that underpins the Motherland’s second biggest export — yoga — Goa now indulges our desire for gastronomical well being. In the far south of…
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