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Andy Mossack reviews the Cathay Pacific First Class cabin service, and falls in love with his personal chef.

Cathay Pacific First Class Review. Discover the most wonderful way to fly.

“Would you like us to make up your bed now Mr. Mossack?” This was a request quite impossible to ignore after all, it was getting late and a few hours in a freshly made bed seemed a perfect way to arrive bright and ready in Hong Kong. Such is life in Cathay Pacific First Class Cabin when, in just the few minutes it took for me to slip into my cotton sleep suit, my lavish living suite had been transformed into a slumberland complete with mattress, duvet and pillows.

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Andy Mossack reports back from the annual Taiwan Lantern Festival, a feast of colour and new year celebrations.

Taiwan Lantern Festival. Celebrate the new year with glorious colour and magnificent lanterns.

The 50 metre high golden ram was clearly relishing its VIP status as the centre piece of this year’s official opening extravaganza of the Taiwan Lantern Festival; its entire visage was lit up with lasers and strobes, as a phalanx of fireworks crackled overhead and I swear there was a cheeky smile cracking on its face.

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Shimla vista

Glorious Shimla Indian Summers revisited

The next stage of our trip took us up to Shimla close to the foothills of the Himalayas a dramatically different environment to the plains of the Golden Triangle and the crowds of those great cities

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The strangest golf courses in the World in np particular order but all of them fabulously strange! nullarbor links 2

The 7 strangest golf courses in the World. Discover Weirdly wonderful Golf.

Golf is a global sport these days, and golfers are constantly searching for new challenges. Here at TripReporter we are all passionate golfers and the challenge for us was could we, from experience, list the strangest golf courses we have ever played. So we did. And so we are delighted to present the strangest golf courses in the World.

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Fairmont Hotel Makati Guest Room

Fairmont Hotel Makati

Andy Mossack reviews the Fairmont Hotel Makati in Manila

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India Golden Triangle. Immerse in spectacular colour sight and history

This is the first of a two-part story about Anthony’s first visit to India starting with a seven day coach tour in India’s Golden Triangle followed by four days in Shimla. India’s Golden Triangle refers to the three cities in the Northern third of India which have some of the most iconic sites and locations in the world including, of course, the Taj Mahal in Agra and others in New Delhi and Jaipur.

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