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Central America

Talking with the Party Animals in Costa Rica’s Lush Rainforest

February 11, 2016 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Talking with the Party Animals in Costa Rica’s Lush Rainforest

At breakfast I had a visitor – a big scaly one – stop by our table. As he hopped up onto a nearby wall in all his spiky multi-colored brilliance, the two-foot-long iguana – whose […]

Rolls Royce at Hong Kong's Ocean Terminal
10 Best Lists

6 Cool Things Keep Hong Kong’s Grande Dame Ahead of Her Time

February 4, 2016 Wallace Immen Comments Off on 6 Cool Things Keep Hong Kong’s Grande Dame Ahead of Her Time

It’s vast, elegant and perhaps a bit politically incorrect. But there’s simply no emotional rush quite like luxuriating in the back seat of a money-green Rolls Royce heading for a stay at Hong Kong’s luxurious Peninsula […]

Finca Rosa Blanca plantation Costa Rica
10 Best Lists

7 Tips and Busted Myths in a Stay at a Costa Rica Coffee Plantation Resort

January 21, 2016 Wallace Immen Comments Off on 7 Tips and Busted Myths in a Stay at a Costa Rica Coffee Plantation Resort

This one’s got an elegant fragrance, but it could use a more shapely  body. That one hints of lemon, with a tinge of leather, but it leaves my tongue feeling dry. It may sound like a […]

Intercontinental hotel Hong Kong
10 Best Lists

4 Tastes with Ultimate Views from Hong Kong’s InterContinental Hotel

October 15, 2015 Wallace Immen Comments Off on 4 Tastes with Ultimate Views from Hong Kong’s InterContinental Hotel

There’s no city skyline as iconic and fascinating as Hong Kong’s from the Kowloon side. At night, the architectural mountain range of the Central business district comes alive in neon and a fiber-optic and laser […]

Intersection in Saigon
Asia

Don’t Miss Saigon: You’ll Probably Never See Her Like This Again

August 5, 2015 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Don’t Miss Saigon: You’ll Probably Never See Her Like This Again

The war for South Vietnam is officially over, but it’s not quite clear who eventually won. Although Saigon is now named for Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary banners and slogans are everywhere,  the locals still […]

Diner in Lanesboro, Minnesota
Destinations

Going Back to the Root (River): A Classic Slice of American Pie

July 23, 2015 Wallace Immen 5

For a change of pace, The Cruisington Times’ executive editor Wallace Immen made a nostalgic trip far from any seaport–to a family reunion in the heart of America. The clock stopped in Lanesboro, Minnesota in […]

Restaurant in Greece
10 Best Lists

10 Tips for Coping When Unexpected Chaos Hits Your Travels

July 9, 2015 Wallace Immen Comments Off on 10 Tips for Coping When Unexpected Chaos Hits Your Travels

You’ve come here for a carefree week in the sun. But the newspaper headlines are five inches tall, there are long lineups at banks and store shelves are looking bare. And by the way, your […]

Metropllitan by Como pool Miami
Cruises

Miami Nice: Metropolitan by COMO Gives Retro a Chic New Vibe

March 26, 2015 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Miami Nice: Metropolitan by COMO Gives Retro a Chic New Vibe

There must be a million mojito muddlers in Miami, but I’m nominating  the crew at  the Metropolitan by COMO hotel as numero uno bar team. No, I haven’t had one too many; it’s a fact that the […]

Thiiptara restaurant at Bangkok Peninsula
Asia

The Peninsula, a Serene Retreat from the Bustle of Bangkok

February 26, 2015 Wallace Immen 1

I always love it when I know even before I step into the lobby of a hotel that my stay is going to be a special occasion. By the time our limousine drives through acres of […]

View from the Gresham Palace Hotel
Destinations

Gresham Palace: A Grand Budapest Hotel with Four Seasons Flair

January 7, 2015 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Gresham Palace: A Grand Budapest Hotel with Four Seasons Flair

Boy am I glad my job isn’t being the glass cleaner at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace in Budapest. The hotel’s stunningly sensual Art Nouveau stained glass, crystal chandeliers and even the hand-made glazed tiles […]

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