Inspiring Travel Writing from Michelle Jana Chan
"It's the anonymity of travel, and the adventure," Michelle says, which keeps her on the move. Benefitting from all the perks of a family of pilots, she had the greatest gift through childhood: cheap airfares. Michelle flies single-engine aircraft too, but when travelling prefers ground level so she can meet the locals. If she doesn't speak the language, she usually resorts to singing country & western. With ten years experience in broadcasting, production and print, Michelle freelances for CNN, Newsweek magazine and the Daily Telegraph, among others. She founded a boutique travel publishing company with the rise of the low-cost airlines in the UK, putting out weekend city guides for this new travel market. She also has her own fanzine, OHELL.
Articles by Michelle Jana Chan
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Before You Die: Camping on the Zambezi
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Zimbabwe
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Zambezi National Park Region
Zambia: puddles of dawn light crocodiles eye lions lapping humbled by hippos. Michelle Jana Chan
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Before You Die: Circumnavigate the World on the Ocean Blue
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Michelle Jana Chan
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France
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Provence
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Sea: wild wind or va-voom watch the sea and don't forget the world is water
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Destination Hotels: Label over Location
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Michelle Jana Chan
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India
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Rajasthan
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Ranthambhore Nature Reserve
For the truly status-conscious, it’s not where you go that matters; it’s where you stay. Planning vacations is no longer about choosing between the islands of the Caribbean. Who really cares where the hotel is, as long as it’s an Aman or an Ong....
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Beauty and the Beast: The Amalfi Coast from Naples
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Italy
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Amalfi Coast
The gritty port city of Naples leads you on to the Amalfi, Italy’s most seductive coastline. Combine a holiday to both destinations and you will sweat through the streets of Naples, the most uncoiffeured of Italian cities, before disappearing...
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Soneva Gili
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Maldives
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Maldives Region
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Malé
Begin your barefoot vacation by kicking off your shoes (confiscated into a cloth bag touting ‘No shoes, No news’). Stilted water-villas are joined to land by wooden jetties, with indoor and outdoor bedrooms, over-water decks and a glass bathroom...
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Riad Enija
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
An elegant refuge amid the bustle of Marrakesh's vibrant souks, immediately outside the front door. Stay in the Lezard Suite with painted beams latticing the ceiling, an elegant wrought-iron bed and hand-blown glass lamps.
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Amanwana
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Michelle Jana Chan
Few can do it like the Aman resorts can. East of Lombok, these twenty tented rooms are well camouflaged on the island of Moyo, off the coast of Sumbawa. Come here for the warm waters of the Flores Sea and some of the world's best diving: manta ray,...
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Roll Up! Roll Up!
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Canada
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Quebec
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Montreal
Members of travelling circuses would say that society sees them as a pariah group banished to the edges of town; a freak show to quickly move on after the last performance is done; rabble-rousers living in caravans, who don’t bother to wash. So how...
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China: A Land on the Move
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Michelle Jana Chan
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China
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Shaanxi
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Xi'an
Just over a thousand years ago, present-day Xi’an was arguably the largest, most cosmopolitan and cultured city in the world. Inside the crenellated city walls that still stand today, one million inhabitants spoke in a dozen tongues including...
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Before You Die: The Havana Beat of Salsa
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Michelle Jana Chan
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Cuba
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Havana Region
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Havana
Cube: quieres bailar? moving melting sweat, hands slip you grab each other Michelle Jana Chan