Romantic Breaks | Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, Peru, Photo 7 of 10. For those who crave an Amazon adventure with creature comforts, Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica combines exhilarating experiences (wilderness hikes, canoe trips) with great service and accommodation. Book a few nights in a thatched Tambopata Suite, with a spacious bedroom, siesta lounge, private plunge pool and outdoor shower. The adventurous can then tag on a night in the Canopy Tree House, 27 metres above the forest floor.
Watch the sun go down with a Pisco Sour cocktail and dine beneath the stars before taking a stroll along the Canopy Walkway. Should you feel like descending during the night, you can retreat to a room at ground level, furnished with beds, deckchairs, hammocks and a shower. Your Canopy Butler is on hand or contactable by walkie-talkie at all times. HOW TO BOOK: Journey Latin America (020 8747 8315; www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk) offers a 10-night trip from £7,666 per couple, with three nights at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, including a night in the Canopy Tree House.
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Anywhere but Here: Kowloon "Anarchy" City. It was the most densely populated place on Earth for most of the 20th century, where a room cost the equivalent of US$6 per month in high rise buildings that belonged to no country. In this urban enclave, “a historical accident”, law had no place. Drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes lived and worked alongside kindergartens, and residents walked the narrow alleys with umbrellas to shield themselves from the endless, constant dripping of makeshift water pipes above.
(c) Greg Girard Ungoverned and unregulated, Kowloon Walled City was for so many years, a stain on the urban fabric of British colonial Hong Kong. This month it has been 20 years since the city was finally demolished and to mark the anniversary, the South China Morning Post published a fascinating and detailed info-graphic, showing what life was like inside the city of darkness… (click to enlarge) – William Gibson, Idoru And then came the refugees, the squatters, the outlaws. “An outlaw place. Full photostory here A living hell? Anywhere but Here: Ponte Tower. When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord?
It seems there’s always something disgruntling about where we live (I’m currently annoyed with the workmen in the building who keep blanketing my mobylette in dust), but then you read about a place like the Ponte Tower and suddenly, wherever you’re shacked up doesn’t seem so bad… (c) Flickr Welcome to the Ponte Tower, the 54-storey-high concrete tube that has soared over the skyline of Johannesburg since 1975. Also known as the Ponte City apartments, it’s hard to believe this brutalist design by Manfred Hermer was once one of the most coveted addresses in the city. In the midst of the South African Apartheid, Ponte City was emblematic of the country’s dehumanising system of racial segregation. Here, only wealthy white families were allowed to live in the outward-facing apartments, while the tube’s inner apartments were reserved for their black servants, who lived in permanent gloom. (c) Flickr user Judo10 Sources 1, 2, 3.
World's most Shabby Chic Home up For Sale. Shabby chic; it’s a style you either love or hate, but once you get over the copious amounts of velvet in this rather remarkable property, it might grow on you a little– especially the price! The 40-acre Magnolia Pearl Ranch in Bandera,Texas is made up of 18 independent structures and is currently on the market for just $695K. The Victorian-bohemian bargain includes three cottages (the largest at 1,718 square feet), three gazebos, three outdoor spas, three chicken coops, a barn, a well house, and a windmill.
Let’s take a tour… Owners Robin “Pearl” Brown, who says she doesn’t like anything to match, and her partner John Gray, founded Magnolia Pearl in 2001, selling her homemade clothing and accessories of vintage laces, velvets, silks, and embroidered linens. All images from Magnolia Pearl Ranch via Country Living and © Anne Lorys Photography. Good Bones for an Apartment in Paris. A little fixer-upper in Paris– isn’t it what most of us dream about? Okay okay, so this 300m² Belle Epoque apartment just minutes from les Places Vendome and Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, may just be a little out of budget, but alas, it’s not for sale– it’s for rent! As in, rent it out for the most incredible night in Paris? Yes, this museum-eque historic apartment can be (temporarily) all yours for a cocktail party/ private event, as a showroom space, for a photo shoot, or whatever creative projects you might have up your sleeve (I know I have a few readers out there that this will probably speak to)… The nine-room haussmann apartment floor plan is in the shape of an O, surrounding the property’s private interior courtyard.
The wooden parquet is original, as well as much of the whimsical and eccentric weathered wall decor. Would this not make the most incredible set for filming? Makes me want to write that movie script for the Paris Time Capsule Apartment ! From the Vault. Let's visit every inch of these Paris Apartments (that you could stay in) Ever since I moved to Paris and became a bit of a blogger on all things Parisian, I’ve come to the understanding that it’s basically everyone’s secret desire to live in a quaint little Parisian apartment at one time in their life.
And it’s true, there’s nothing quite like Parisian apartments; the bohemian pied-à-terres with all the original colored tiling still in tact, the artist’s ateliers with their loft bedrooms and great wooden beams; the elegant wrought-iron railings outside the french windows with views over the smokey grey rooftops of Paris … if only I could look inside them all. So I’ve developed a bit of a peculiar habit which involves perusing apartment rental sites in Paris. I’ve particularly taken a liking to the short-term rental sites which feature fully-furnished apartments for travelers coming to Paris on holiday, looking for something more authentic than a hotel; looking to really live Paris. To find out more or reserve this apartment, visit Haven in Paris. Haven in Paris : Luxury Vacation Apartment Rental: Artist Penthouse w/balcony, St-Germain-des-Prés Apartment Rental. 6eme ardt, Paris, France metro: St Germain des Pres size: 70m2 or 753 Sq Ft. sleeps: up to 4 / kids ok: ages 8+ baths: 2 baths (1 toilet) balcony air conditioning: nofans: yes floor number: european 5th elevator in building: no (up 5 flights of stairs)property interior: 2 levels This arty bohemian penthouse apartment, located up 5 flights of stairs in the very heart of one of the most coveted corners of Saint Germain des Prés, is the perfect vacation rental apartment for a uniquely bohemian, truly Parisian, living experience.
This Paris vacation rental, the epitome of shabby chic, has been lovingly decorated by the owner, a French artist, with an eclectic mix of antiques and brocante finds. Indian fabrics and artwork collected during the owner’s travels throughout France and India fill the apartment with warmth and color. Additionally, the owner has sprinkled some pieces of her personal artwork about the space adding to the seductive charm of this enchanting apartment.
The Paris Time Capsule Apartment. A Parisian apartment left untouched for over 70 years was discovered in the quartier of Pigalle a few summers ago and I’ve been meaning to share the pictures with you. Time to unlock the vault … The owner of this apartment, Mrs. De Florian left Paris just before the rumblings of World War II broke out in Europe. She closed up her shutters and left for the South of France, never to return to the city again. Seven decades later she passed away at the age of 91. It was only when her heirs enlisted professionals to make an inventory of the Parisian apartment she left behind, that this time capsule was finally unlocked. The team that had the honor of opening what must have been a very stiff old lock for the first time in 70 years, likened the experience to ‘stumbling into the castle of sleeping beauty’.
There is a further twist to the story. What kept her away even after the war? Via The Telegraph, photos by GETTY.