Going trekking is a truly wonderful experience. It doesn’t have to be rough wilderness… creature comforts are still possible.

Summer in London is gorgeous…when the weather’s great. And there’s so much happening!

I just spent a week in Phuket, staying at my friend Darth’s beautiful house. Not being in a hotel creates an entirely different experience, and I think a whole lot more fun.

This is the pitch: ” Come join us on the world’s first International Cougar Cruise, for younger men/older women, departs from San Diego, California to Ensenada, Mexico, December 4-7..”

Is one CRAZY town, with a fantastic, loose, hippy-meets-mountaineer-meets-Nepal, with a splash of the Himalayas-spirituality vibe. I love it.

Shanghai is so irresistibly exotic. Think of 30’s art deco Shanghai, the women in the posters, cigarette holders, the western concessions creating a mix of east and west with potent exoticism. Some of my favourites in Shanghai…

When your brain is spinning the same negative thoughts round and round, when you are at your wits’ end, when your heart is heavy and you can’t lift your head off of the plateau, the thing to do is to head to Ubud.