December 2024

HAVING A BALL IN HANOI, VIETNAM’S COMPELLING CAPITAL HANOI’S LABYRINTHINE OLD QUARTER homes the city’s most celebrated landmarks and is without doubt the best place to stay. Its tree-lined boulevards, elegant squares and cobbled lanes are packed with French-built colonial buildings and ancient temples, but also bustling markets, cafés and hawker stalls. It’s where East meets West. HO CHI MINH’S MAUSOLEUM is a kind of cult trip; a gruesome view of retro Vietnam. Uncle Ho,… Read More »viet song

EDWARD FERNANDES AND THE BIRTHDAY HAPPINESS ASIA TEAM ARE ON A MISSION TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN HAVE FOND MEMORIES. HONG KONG IS JUST THE START. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS It’s an unseasonably warm morning in Mui Wo, and Pete Manktelow and Edward Fernandes are sitting at a table facing the water at Village Kitchen. The gregarious Pete looks casual in a Hong Kong Freemasons charity run polo shirt and chinos, toting a knapsack. Edward, however,… Read More »Party people