The Irish have the wind in their sails, the All Blacks an urgent need for redemption. It will be a classic. Which way will it go? Have your say and be in to win some great prizes.
Miscellaneous
Suddenly the night has grown colder – Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
If it be your will that I speak no more, and my voice be still, as it was before, I shall speak no more.
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Events
All Blacks need emergency assistance after Irish 111 call
Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time in 111 years. Yes that’s right 111 – which also just happens to be the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. And boy did the shell-shocked men in black ever need emergency assistance.
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Airports
Gamsahamnida South Korea, Annyeongi kyeseyo
Gamsahamnida (‘Thank you’) Korea. I learn so much from your country, your culture, your people and your duty free industry each time I come here. Annyeongi kyeseyo (‘Farewell’).
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Miscellaneous
Land of the morning (afternoon and night) turmoil
Competition is so tough, the regulators so fierce, the battle for Chinese tourists so intense, that a Korean duty free equivalent of the Charles Darwin-inspired ‘Survival of the fittest’ adage could surely be coined.
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Miscellaneous
Heathrow sparkles as night-time falls on the Neponset
Wine is a category that demands effort, otherwise why should travellers bother? At Heathrow, Champagne shows plenty of fizz, but table wine falls a little flat.
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Miscellaneous
Growing gorgeous in time for The Trinity Forum
All you have to do is take two teaspoons a day. And while I find it has added a certain residual sweetness to my Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, I am expecting a barrage of compliments.
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Miscellaneous
A Michelin-star experience in Hong Kong for a McDonald’s price
You’re gruffly told to sit at a long bench table where you’re squeezed in between strangers so closely that you can hear each slurp of noodle, each munch of dim sum, each bite of pig’s liver. It’s hot, crowded, noisy. Sounds awful? No, it’s magical.
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Miscellaneous
Remembering the horrors of war in Ho Chi Minh City
These are not comfortable images and nor should they be. Taken by some of the world’s bravest photo-journalists (many of whom died in the conflict), they tell this terrible tale of the horror of war better than any words ever will.
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Miscellaneous
Cleaning up at Hong Kong International Airport
As a regular traveller I like not only what Hong Kong International Airport has to offer but the way it communicates that offer.
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Miscellaneous
Dan’s the man as Prunier proves there’s life after 60
Not for the first time in an industry charity initiative was it a case of Dan’s the man. Thanks to him and to Cognac Prunier from me – and from the children of Haiti.
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Miscellaneous
The Moodie Blog: Running for Bron in Budapest
The BUD Runway Run is all about remembering a courageous young girl who didn’t make it and supporting those who continue to battle.
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Airports
Free of duty in the land of ice and fire
With some nice Icelandic Indie in the background (I was tempted to play Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to leave your Lava or something by Wishbone Ash), it’s hard to imagine the sheer violence with which Eyjafjallajökull erupted so recently.