The secret gardens of the world’s most packed city

 

TWO PLACES TO BE ALONE IN TOKYO

It’s objectively hard to be alone in the world’s most populous city. Hard, but not impossible. Tokyo is one crazy gigantic place. And by crazy, I don’t mean out-of-control (Phnom Penh takes that title with ease), but rather a place working according to rules only a local would understand.
I was once told that the cheapest ticket to Mars is a flight voucher to Tokyo. Don’t get me wrong, I love that city. I really do. I also love the Japanese, in the same sort of way one loves 3D Anime/Manga. They’re a bit real, but not really.

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Who is the star of Geneva?

IS IT A GIGANTIC RED FERRARI OR A SMALL BLUE RENAULT?

I’ve always been a petrol-head, fascinated by cars since the very day I remember myself. Perhaps it’s the combination of power and design. Or maybe it’s just the Vrooooom sound they make (some of them, at least).
Who knows.

Nowhere is this passion more evident than in Geneva – a town not known for passion at all. This small Swiss city has banks, few branches of the United Nations, the world largest fountain and a whole lot of boredom.

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4 tricks to create a photo that fools everyone

A QUICK GUIDE TO CRAFT REALITY-BUSTING PICTURES 

A beautiful ancient grand temple shrouded in mystery and lost in time. Lost to all but a single young Buddhist monk and yours truly who just “happened” to discover it all by mistake.

Bullshit!
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Things to do before you die – Item #5

FLY ABOVE THE THOUSAND PAGODAS OF BAGAN

Being 47 – I’ve decided to start collecting all the absolutely “musts” that I had the pleasure of experiencing throughout my adult life (at my age one can never know what a new day will bring, or take)
This is the first of them.

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The complete driver’s guide to the Austrian Alps

7 TIPS FOR DOING TYROL REALLY FAST plus 7 AMAZING ROADS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

 “The hills are alive with the sound of music”.

In our case, it’s a live concerto for six cylinders and collection of some of the loudest exhaust music modern EU regulations allow. As we race our Boxters and supercharged F-Types from one bend to the other, the symphony that echoes from the surrounding mountains is as grand as that old Disney classic.

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Finding Tatooine

A FAR AWAY GALAXY, JUST NEXT DOOR.

“Use the Force Luke!”

That’s all I could think about when I took a picture of this grand vista during Christmas 2016. It was almost dusk and clouds slowly started to dot the sky. A day later these would grow into a fully-fledged desert storm, but right then the whole thing was just pure magic. It was like a scene taken directly from the original Star Wars movie.
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Some say it’s the best corporate day in the world

All I know, It’s called “Palmer”

We’ve got a full tank of gas, brand new semi-slick racing tires, a converted former WWII RAF airfield, seven different race-tuned cars, it’s cloudy and we’re wearing crash helmets.

Let’s hit it!
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Shangri-la is officially found!

THOUGH OFFICIAL CAN BE A TRICKY THING

The hell with mystery, romance & myth. Shangri-La is officially real!

Forget ancient maps, decaying centuries-old scriptures, wise Shamans in decrypted temples, and Indiana Jones-styled adventurers closing rotten deals in dark speakeasies. Ignore history and the inconvenient fact that the whole name was made up less than 80 years ago in a forgettable utopian novel called “Lost Horizons”. The book has died long ago. The fortunes of Shangri-La, however, took a whole different twist.
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