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Falling into a food coma at The W Retreat and Spa
Chef Matthew McCool gives us a smile, despite his busy day. The clock’s just turned 1pm and already he’s fed 200 people at breakfast and is currently dishing up meals for 250 more guests. A spot to be...
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Getting some much needed R&R at Nirwana Resort & Spa
Dave had hurt his arm. We weren’t sure whether it was from a spider bite or something less sinister, but his arm had blown up like a balloon and the bite had begun to look black and sore. Dave was...
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Time flies at Villa Kubu Boutique Hotel & Spa
2pm to 3:30am. 8.5 hours. That’s how long we had to enjoy this: The night before we arrived at Villa Kubu Boutique Hotel & Spa, Carmen and I had watched the Oscar winning film The Theory of...
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Hayahay! Check out our Panglao, Alona Beach stay
We came to the Philippines to go scuba diving. We didn’t really have anything else on our wish list except to cram in as many dives as we could. Unfortunately, we didn’t do much research and arrived at...
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A taste of luxury at Radisson Blu Cebu City in the Philippines
Cebu City in the Philippines is a boom town. Back in the early ’90s it had what was nickamed a ‘Ceboom’ and the good times are back – there are plans to expand the city’s airport to four times its...
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Review: The Club Villas Seminyak
Words by Dave. Video by Carmen. “Get down!” I whisper harshly, ducking down behind the beachside bar. “Has she seen us?” “I don’t think so,” Carmen says, sneaking a quick look above the polished...
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Dave’s Mancation at Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel Bangkok
Most of the time at Double-Barrelled Travel, Carmen and I write about getting outside of our comfort zones, trying new things, seeking the unknown and hidden corners of life, experience and the beaten...
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Alone time at the Panviman Chiang Mai Spa Resort
“I was actually in retirement,” Charles, the hotel manager of the Panviman Chiang Mai, says. “But then my friend told me about this place. I came here and had a look. It was too hard to resist. I had...
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Grand Mecure Roxy: Luxury where the Singaporean locals live
Click more information The fluorescent lights beat down. The shops have long since closed their shutters. In the distance is a mechanical drill working its way into a store’s wall, tradesmen busying...
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Review: Village Hotel Katong’s Singapore spirit
I have a lot of family history up in Singapore. My maternal grandmother’s family lived for many generations in this island city at the tip of the Malay Peninsula; a mix of Thai, Indian, Malay, English...
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