Inspiring Travel Writing from James Wallman
James Wallman is a freelance journalist who specialises in travel, design, skiing and spas. His trips have taken him to design hotels in Milan and Mexico, and to ashrams in the Rann of Khutch and Rishikesh. An occasional post-war zone tourist, Kosovo, Belgrade and Montenegro are among favourite recent destinations.
He writes regularly for Wallpaper, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Conde Nast Traveller and The Times. His work also appears in the New York Magazine, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Independent, High Life and easyJet inflight magazine. He is London correspondent for Singapore-based Club21 and a spa columnist for Spa Secrets Magazine.
He has written a non-fiction tale about a betting scam in Kuala Lumpur that involved two divorcees and a camp gold-dealer called Mr Tom Gu. James escaped intact, though without the US$50,000 he'd been holding out for. It's in Further Travellers' Tales in Heaven and Hell (Eye Books; 2004).
Based in London, he edits the inflight magazine for Wizz Air while writing freelance about men's mascara, extreme spa-ing and destinations such as Chamonix, Amsterdam, Tenerife and Kashmir.
He writes regularly for Wallpaper, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Conde Nast Traveller and The Times. His work also appears in the New York Magazine, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Independent, High Life and easyJet inflight magazine. He is London correspondent for Singapore-based Club21 and a spa columnist for Spa Secrets Magazine.
He has written a non-fiction tale about a betting scam in Kuala Lumpur that involved two divorcees and a camp gold-dealer called Mr Tom Gu. James escaped intact, though without the US$50,000 he'd been holding out for. It's in Further Travellers' Tales in Heaven and Hell (Eye Books; 2004).
Based in London, he edits the inflight magazine for Wizz Air while writing freelance about men's mascara, extreme spa-ing and destinations such as Chamonix, Amsterdam, Tenerife and Kashmir.
Articles by James Wallman
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Tambopata Rainforest
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James Wallman
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Peru
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other areas of Peru
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Puetro Maldonaldo
The closer the alligator swims, the less I’m able to move. At first I can make out the ridges of its curved back above the waterline of Lago Tres Chimbales, in the Tambopata rainforest in Peru. Then the monster’s ridged snout comes into view as it...
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Before You Die: Break the Language Barrier
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James Wallman
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Italy
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Sicily
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Palermo
Drink and eat heartily with strangers who don’t speak the same language as you – especially in the backstreets of Palermo.
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Before You Die: Float in Kerala
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James Wallman
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India
Float in a bumblebee-shaped boat down the backwaters of Kerala.
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Before You Die: Be a Film Star in Morocco
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James Wallman
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
Be in Marrakech’s Jemaa El Fna, where the chicest of French step through the dust, noise and colours of this exotic market as if it really were a film set. James Wallman
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Before You Die: Ski the Alps
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James Wallman
Ski or board through untouched powder and sparkling blue Alpine air above a blanket of clouds, punctured by snowy peaks.
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Bomb-Jumping in Belgrade
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James Wallman
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Montenegro
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Belgrade Region
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Belgrade
“It was a crazy time in Belgrade – a crazy time,” says Oggi, a young Serb, half-proud, half-shaking his head in disbelief. “So much party, so much. And every day NATO say on their website which buildings the American planes will bomb that night. So...
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Before You Die: Ride an Elephant
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James Wallman
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India
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Assam
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Kaziranga National Park
Ride a pachyderm out before dawn to see the sun rise above elephant grass and white-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park, India. James Wallman
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Making Amici in Palermo
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James Wallman
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Italy
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Sicily
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Palermo
‘Come! Come with me... for a glass of wine, some pasta and to meet mi amici!’ That wasn’t quite what Frederico said – but it was what he meant. My tourist’s Italian couldn’t keep up with the rapid-fire delivery of his machine-gun Sicilian dialect....
Reviews by James Wallman
Four Seasons Gresham Budapest | James WallmanFour Seasons Gresham Palace luxury hotel is an art nouveau 'palace' essential to the city's bid to bring Budapest's belle époque back to life. Its extraordinary location is hard to beat, as the luxury hotel looks out onto the Danube's most stunning...-
W Hotel Montreal
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James Wallman
Walking into the W Montreal feels like you've just stepped into a party where everyone's invited. Understated lighting and music ensures that even when quiet, it feels as if someone's socialising just round the corner. And ever-friendly staff make...