David Charles Manners – accomplished author, composer, performer, set designer and yoga teacher, has spent the last 21 years of his life living between the South Downs and the Bengal Himalayas, where he runs a charity helping underprivileged, ‘forgotten’ people on the Indian subcontinent. David has recently published his second book, Limitless Sky, which documents his first meeting with a Nepalese
Great British Staycations While most Brits are desperate to get on the next flight/cruise ship out of here, more than 32 million overseas visitors flock to British soil every year. And why? Because Great Britain is home to some of the most stunning, culturally and historically significant places on Earth. Some of us travel miles to find crystal clear waters,
Feel your stresses fade away on a health and wellbeing break in Aruba… British people spend an average of nine hours a day staring at their laptop, smartphone, tablet and television screens – that’s 30 years of their lives wiled away sitting stock-still indoors. Now that we live in the digital age where it’s possible to shop, play, learn, work
Experience the world’s biggest, liveliest Carnival in Rio de Janeiro Carnival is one big street party exploding with colour, passion, dance and music. Taste sizzling street food, learn to dance the Samba with locals, and see the dazzling costumes – the glitter, feathers and breath-taking acrobatics. The festivities take place in many Christian communities across the world, from Trinidad
Jenny Ardagh visits this year-round sailing destination to experience laid-back life on the island Antigua is located in the cluster of the Leeward islands and, although small, is utterly beautiful with a lot to see and do. Antigua is most renowned for its 365 white sandy beaches – one for every single day of the year. However, the beach is
Top health destinations of 2015 Going on holiday can be bad news for the waistline. All-you-can eat buffets, cocktail happy-hour and the tantalising prospect of lying sedate on a beach all day can quickly cause the pounds to pile on. But not every overseas jaunt has to end with a week-long hangover and trousers that don’t fit. More and
WildJunket founder, Nellie Huang, has hiked all over the world, from the arctic tundra in Norway, to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Here, we ask her to reveal some of her most memorable adventures… We Brits love a vigorous walk up a steep hill, especially if it culminates in a pub lunch. Nellie Huang, founder of popular adventure
Ocean View’s editor, Zoe Thomas, spends four nights at The Distrikt Hotel in New York, braving the aftermath of snow storm Juno to visit some of the city’s most indulgent bakeries, famous diners and colossal skyscrapers… “Flights from JFK International have been grounded as the biggest storm in New York’s history continues to batter the East coast” is not what
Zoe Thomas returns from the Veronese Shores of Lake Garda to tell us of her experiences with olive oil, tortellini and wine tasting… Day One Beyond the plate-glass windows of the Vecchia Malcesine Ristorante, a ray of sunlight escapes from the stormy sky and casts a godly light over Lake Garda. On the far shore to the north, the
