Inspiring Travel Writing from John Borthwick: Page 5 of 14
Articles by John Borthwick: Page 5 of 14
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Hotel Monasterio
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John Borthwick
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Peru
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Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu
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Cuzco
In Cusco, Peru, the massive, 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 ramparts that have endured the caprices of history – earthquake,...
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The Sunway Resort Lagoon Hotel
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John Borthwick
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Malaysia
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West Coast
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Kuala Lumpur
It looks like the set for "Gidget Goes to Persepolis" or perhaps "The Valley of the Kings Goes to Vegas." It's hard to encompass all the cultural allusions poured into the giant Sunway Lagoon complex — a resort-cum-waterpark-plus-shopping mall-with-...
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Anantara Resort and Spa
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John Borthwick
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Thailand
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The North
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Chiang Rai
Few hotels in the world can offer a room with a view that takes in three countries. From a balcony at the Anantara Resort and Spa in northern Thailand you may not be able to immediately tell where Thailand ends and Laos begins, but Burma (aka...
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Couran Cove Resort
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John Borthwick
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Australia
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Queensland
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South Stradbroke Island
There's a man fishing from the balcony of his lagoon-front villa at Couran Cove Resort. As I watch, his rod bows under the weight of a good-sized catch. He reels it in while his young daughter, obviously familiar with this occurrence, runs...
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Mangapapa Lodge
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John Borthwick
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New Zealand
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North Island
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Napier
Mangapapa Lodge has three unmistakably imperial acres of grounds. A century-old mansion in dress whites, surrounded by gardens, orchards and a fountain does not bother to express its domain in anything as bland as hectares. In the heart of Hawke's...
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El Questro Homestead
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John Borthwick
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Kimberley
It is reputedly the most expensive guest suite in Australia. Yet any punter who booked the Chamberlain Suite at El Questro Homestead simply to rack up AUD$1700 worth of frequent bragger points per night would have seriously short-changed himself. As...
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Mandarin Oriental Manila
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John Borthwick
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Philippines
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Luzon Islands
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Manila
On a traffic island in front of the Mandarin Oriental Manila a bronze statue of Philippine independence hero Pio Del Pilar furiously brandishes a sword and revolver, seemingly against the sheer intensity of Manila life. His otherwise quixotic...
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Pimalai Resort and Spa
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John Borthwick
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Thailand
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Southern Thailand: The Andaman Coast
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Koh Lanta
The Thai word “pimalai” connotes flower gardens and purity. Appropriately, it is the name of a new five-star resort that overlooks the Andaman Sea on the southern island of Ko Lanta Yai (known simply as Ko Lanta). A true five-star resort, its...
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Coco Palm Resort
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John Borthwick
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Maldives
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Maldives Region
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Baa Atoll
Tomorrow is another island or so it might seem in the Maldives. With over 80 island resorts it would take months to sample them all. The 98-room Coco Palm Resort on Dunikolu Island in Baa Atoll makes redundant the idea of searching much farther....
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Loisaba Game Lodge
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John Borthwick
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Kenya
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Northern Kenya
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Loisaba Wilderness
A cheetah perched atop a mound with her two cubs holds a pose in perfect profile. You¹d swear she had trained at the National Geographic school of modelling. Unfazed by our safari car, she gives us two minutes of photo time before descending from (...
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