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STEPPE - I love train travel, I always have, and if its onboard a luxury train even better. Fine China, silverware, crystal glasses and a cooked to order breakfast the train makes its way across the Uzbek steppe. .
I never knew how much of central asia is vast emptiness, pure dusty desert with little life, kilometer upon kilometer of nothingness to the naked eye. But there is life, just hidden and adapted to the extreme heat and cold, to the lack of water.
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This is why the cities along the Silk Route were so important to traders and caravans, among so much hardship, they were real oasis.
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I couldn't peel myself away from the window trying to imagine what it must have been like. .
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GIRLS GETAWAY - Ingredients:
- 2 overworked girls
- 2 hour spa at a private villa
- Bottle of champagne
- Great views
- 1 Luxury villa
- An amazing big bed
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= OMMMMMM
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WHO WOULD RATHER BE HERE?
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HOME AWAY FROM HOME - How do you define luxury? What really is a high end hotel?
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Earlier in the year I was interviewed by a journalist for a piece on luxury travel bloggers and she asked me that question. .
I often ponder about that because I'm a luxury travel publisher so it defines my industry and my niche.
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It's not an easy definition. .
If you asked 10 people they would all give different adjectives and examples. .
For me, luxury is freedom, is time, it's a sense of place and is attention to detail. The hotels that wow me the most are those that are the most thoughtful, that anticipate my needs. In more tangible ways, I also love looking through the window, and a good view can steal my heart. When I moved to Singapore I could see Marina Bay Sands from my sofa.
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But when you live in a city, the view of nature can be calming and beautiful. I fell in love with @alilaanji as soon as I walked into the reception and saw the view (it's a few posts before this one) and was then convinced when we walked into the villa's bedroom and was met with this view from the bed.
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If I'm checking in to a hotel and, despite my bottomless curiosity and need to move, I feel like I don't want to leave the room, I know its special. That's luxury to me.
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WATER MIRRORS - Loved the sleek lines and design of @AlilaWuzhen which are a modern take on China's water towns, full of canals and bridges, such a treat. This is because the hotel is right by one of them, Wuzhen.
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You know what's funny? I really dislike the rain and it was the number one concern I had when deciding where to move to Singapore or not. But in this case, the rain created mirrors for all of the photos.
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PANDA MOBILE 🐼🐼🐼🐼 - Welcome to my ride! I will admit it, I couldn't resist asking for the panda mobile (named by me) every time I needed a ride at @alilaanji - could you?
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On a separate note, there used to be panda bears in Anji but now they are all in Chengdu. There's enough bamboo in Anji to keep them all well fed.
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Pandas are one of the funniest animals there are and panda babies are just soooooo adorable.
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Did you know...Almost all the pandas in the world are the property of the Chinese Government and donated to the other country's zoos in loan? .
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HONEY AND BEES 🐝🍯 - How much do you know about honey and bees?
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For example did you know that a bee makes 1 12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime? Or that each hive only has one Queen Bee?
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Bees fly several kilometres every day and several times around the Earth in their life. There is also a type of bee called drone - now you know where the word comes from. .
Perhaps less known and maybe a little off putting, honey is the saliva of bees and their food, they make it for the winter when there are less flowers around.
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Thankfully, they make more honey than they need so we can keep some for ourselves too. .
One of the local experiences you can do at @alilaanji is visiting a nomadic bee-keeping family that sets their home near the hotel from September till March next year. .
They keep moving around China with the seasons and the flowers and the hotel organises visits to see how they keep the bees and make the honey which was a fascinating experience. The local team helped us translate and I couldn't resist buying two pots and a slice of the hive which tastes like candy.
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Did you know all of this about bees? Have you ever got up and close to them? 🐝
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FIND WALDO! - In fact, Waldo was Wally in Spain because well, everything is dubbed or translating in Spain!
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This is the view over the water reservoir and half of the @AlilaAnji luxury Villas and rooms and a view that I just could not get enough of.
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The grey slate roofs and white walls are traditional from this part of China and I thought they are so pretty against the green of nature .
By the way, can you spot the forests on the other side of the water? They are bamboo forests and they are amazing, such thick trunks and bright leaves. . .
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BINTAN, INDONESIA - Yep, this is not a real beach but Treasure Bay in Bintan Island, just an hour's ferry ride away from Singapore .
This large development around an artificial lake has a few hotels, among which the one I stayed at, plus water sports, a small water ride, rental of kayaks, standup paddle boards etc. .
We had booked one of these tented rooms to enjoy a lil getaway with my friend @katelrob who was leaving for her new adventure in Vienna and we just chilled, had some food, drinks and did nothing. .
Well, I did nothing, Kate went on a small wake boarding adventure too 😁
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Bintan received about a million visitors a year, mostly from Singapore, and us an easy and popular getaway .
It was fun to feel as if we were on a safari, minus the animals 🦁🦍🦒🐘
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WHITE TEA PLANTATION, CHINA - White tea is one of the rarest and most delicate types of tea because it is not processed.
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It gets it's name from the color of the tea buds which are picked before fully opened when they are still covered with white hairs. This means there's only one harvest a year, in spring. .
The original name we give to today's most common white tea is Da Bai and originated in China.
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Because the tea is not processed, it is lighter and I could drink it non-stop. It helps that it also has lower caffeine. .
We got a warm and welcoming cup of white tea upon arrival at @alilaanji and spent some time strolling around the tea fields during our stay. The hotel's white tea is all grown in its own plantations, the ones you see on these pictures. .
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WUZHEN, CHINA - This stunning water town in China is a scenic place to explore and a very romantic one, they call it the Venice of the East!
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It's also pretty huge and split into four sections, we barely had much time to see anything in the two hours @federicabrugnara and I were there, it was a very positive surprise to explore right next to @alilawuzhen
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The town dates back to the 7th century and was completely renovated before it reopened in 2013.
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Today it's filled with small hotels, restaurants, shops and 12,000 people who still live there. There are also lots of other sights.
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Wuzhen is one of six water towns near #Shanghai and I can't wait to explore the rest!
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