Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy. Read the accompanying posts: Breathtaking Positano and A Glorious Day at Adolfo’s. See other Velvet moments: Buenos Aires, Argentina Seminyak, Indonesia Lang Tengah island, Malaysia Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina The Great Ocean Road, Australia Angkor Wat, Cambodia Laguna Chaxa, Chile
The orangutans of Sabah
The Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary The Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary is located near the town of Sandakan on the east coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, and was established in 1964 as a refuge for orphaned orang utans. Orang utans are primates which live only on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Their DNA is 96.4% [...]
Experiencing Sabah
Sabah is a Malaysian state that occupies the northern corner of the vast island of Borneo. Often referred to as “The Land Below the Wind” (due to its location just below the typhoon belt), Sabah is an ecological gem. Its long coastline harbours some of the richest marine life in the world, not to mention [...]
Velvet moments: travel photo of the week: Buenos Aires
San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read the accompanying post: Sundays in San Telmo See other Velvet Moments: Bora Bora, French Polynesia Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy Seminyak, Indonesia Lang Tengah island, Malaysia Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina The Great Ocean Road, [...]
A day out in Bali
Bali is a heavenly place. Each time I come here, I feel so relaxed and all I want to do is lounge at the pool, the beach or at one of the many beachside cafés. Only Bali can separate me from my blog (for two whole days!) . I’m not sure how to explain it – [...]
Plane views: Atacama desert
The Atacama desert in northern Chile is the driest desert in the world – it’s so dry, even bacteria find it hard to survive here (the place is virtually sterile). I flew over the desert on a flight from Santiago to Calama, a mining town close to the Atacama desert. The views throughout the 1.5 [...]
Georges at the Cove, San Diego
A special guest post by @agentcikay. Georges at the Cove is an excellent restaurant and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to experience a “velvet escape” in San Diego, California. This gorgeous little restaurant in La Jolla, San Diego, California has a dining area that looks out upon a spectacular ocean view. There [...]
A boy’s dream
It had been a long time since I thought about my dreams as a child. I had so many of them. My family always called me a dreamer – and indeed I was. However, as I grew older, my childhood dreams gradually became a distant memory. I guess, at a certain point, we all get [...]
My velvet escape travel tip: Vancouver
“My velvet escape travel tip” is a guest series about what the name ‘Velvet Escape’ evokes and what that would be in the hometown of the guest writer. With this series, I hope to uncover travel tips from places around the world to help visitors have a truly local experience. I’m lucky! I live in [...]
“A Love Story”… sort of
A special guest post by Jill Love. I love my Travel Pro Pilot case carry-on rolling suitcases with the little Eiffel Tower emblem. They are tattered and battered and have a history almost as long as me and my husband. They have been on trains, planes, ships, buses and automobiles. They have been tossed around, [...]
About Keith Jenkins
I'm Keith Jenkins. In July 2008, I left my ten-year banking career to travel around the world. I've not looked back since.
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