SICHUAN SPICE
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Chengdu has long been famed as China’s most relaxed city, and the gay scene is no less laid-back. With its spicy food, perfect climate and friendly vibe, Chengdu’s bound to charm the pants off you…
Chengdu has long been famed as China’s most relaxed city, and the gay scene is no less laid-back. With its spicy food, perfect climate and friendly vibe, Chengdu’s bound to charm the pants off you…
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I didn’t have to think it through. When Amsterdam for New Year was suggested a huge, a smile grew on my face. This was the second time I’d visited and I love this city. The capital of The Netherlands, which is built on water…
New York City is actually made up of many little villages. Let me show you around one of my favourite neighbourhoods, the distinctive Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan…
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It didn’t take much convincing to plan this trip. Having already committed to a jaunt to New York, a friend suggested that I may as well make the journey down to Miami considering I was already Stateside. So with a nod and knowing smile…

When I first stepped off the plane in 2001, and moved into my hole-in-the-wall shoebox of an apartment in the western part of Seoul, little did I know that this vibrant city would change my life forever! Living in Seoul was trying at times, but once I really got a feel for it, the culture…

As I write this Los Angeles is burning. Massive columns of dense gray smoke rise ominously from the mountains just outside of town. From the tops of the Hollywood Hills you can see flames race from one brushy canyon to the next turning everything into ash that floats upwards…
Before I made my virgin (oo-err!) trip to Berlin, everyone said to me “You will love it!” To be honest, I knew nothing about Germany before going there, apart from they like to eat sausages like…
Long regarded as the playground of the uber rich and famous in Bangkok, Hua Hin is well-known as being the King’s favorite holiday destination. Much loved was this beach resort town by the King Prajadhipok, Rama VII, that he built a summer palace for himself…
Denmark was the first country in the world to introduce partnership-laws for gay and lesbian couples in 1989. The last week…
The Hawaiian Islands are generally thought of as an American honeymooner’s destination. While they do make up much of the tourism in Hawaii, there is good reason for it. Hawaii is truly a spectacular place and with so much to see and do, it’s hard to not like it…