Inspiring Travel Writing from John Borthwick: Page 11 of 14
Articles by John Borthwick: Page 11 of 14
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The Japan Alps: Snow Monkey Paradise
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John Borthwick
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Japan
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Chubu
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Japanese Alps
The contrast is extreme, superb. We leave slate-grey Tokyo and its subways packed with comatose commuters, zip an hour or so north on a bullet train, hop on a bus, then step out into a bright new world. The Japan Alps sparkle all around, the Nagano...
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Guilin: Yangshuo of the Magical Mountains
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John Borthwick
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China
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Guangxi
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Guilin
“If you think Guilin is beautiful, wait until you see Yangshuo,” runs an old Chinese saying. Guilin in southern China is surrounded by dragon-spined mountains that dominate our images of traditional China. You know the scene from a thousand scroll...
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The Larapinta Trail
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John Borthwick
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Australia
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Northern Territories
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Alice Springs
If King Neptune had worn ripple-sole shoes, his footprint in the sand might look like this. I’m looking at a 350-million year old slab of rock that’s grooved in even, parallel rows, much like (I imagine) a mythologically large ripple-sole might make...
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Wales: The Domain of Dylan Thomas
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John Borthwick
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United Kingdom
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Wales
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Swansea
The lyrical Welsh bard Dylan Thomas departed this world with a rock star-like flourish half century ago in New York’s famous Chelsea Hotel. He was only 39 but since then has become, it is claimed, the world's most quoted poet after Shakespeare....
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Play It Again Sam: The World-Weary Traveller
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John Borthwick
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Thailand
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The North
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Chiang Saen
Sometimes you meet a person who reminds you of what’s at the true heart of travel.There may be many good reasons to not travel. Taoist sage Lao Tzu, for instance, deep-sixed the whole urge travel with a simple, four-line epitaph: Without looking out...
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Where to go in Bali
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John Borthwick
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Indonesia
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Nusa Tenggara/ Southeast Islands
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Bali
When winter seems as long as a life sentence, Bali beckons as the perfect escape clause. But, is Kuta Beach's melee of hawkers, jeep jams and ghetto accommodation really the answer? The beauty of Bali - beside its temples, ceremonial culture and...
Reviews by John Borthwick: Page 11 of 14
Hotel Monasterio | John BorthwickIn Cusco, Peru, the ancient Inca masonry is so supple you'd swear the stones were woven. The ten, twelve, fifteen-sided blocks fit like plasticine, without mortar, to form massive ramparts that have endured the whims of time - centuries of...-
Millbrook Resort and Country Club
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John Borthwick
Chelsea Clinton is sometimes a woman of few words. But if actions speak louder than sound bites, she waxed eloquent about the spa facilities at Millbrook Resort and Country Club near Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island. During their stay in...
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The Huntington Hotel
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John Borthwick
The elegant 12-storey luxury hotel Huntington (named after Wild West railway baron, C. P. Huntington) has been one San Francisco's best retreats since it opened in 1924. Many of the gracious buildings on Nob Hill (once known as "Snob Hill"), where...
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Oberoi Bali
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John Borthwick
Bali's Seminyak beach stands at the far northern end of Kuta-Legian's circus sands. This used to be a very low-key and somnolent strand until the "villa people" - self-consciously stylish foreigners - discovered it a decade ago. Now there are "...
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