http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog Pages of travel tales gathered from visits to hotels, hammams, beaches, boutiques, bars and everything luxurious in between Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/fresh-picks-cool-blue/19273 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/fresh-picks-cool-blue/19273#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000 Joy Pecknold /blog/?p=19273 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/fresh-picks-cool-blue/19273/feed 0 “Fresh Picks” features the latest luxury properties admitted into the Kiwi Collection. Last week was white hot. This week is all about the blues. The happiest kind of blues, of course. Check out four hotels with close proximity to the sea that let you soak up plenty of turquoise tranquility. Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan Villa [...] 009541-04-swim-up-pool-bar-at-dusk http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-relax-with-an-african-lullaby/5541 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-relax-with-an-african-lullaby/5541#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:58:07 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=5541 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-relax-with-an-african-lullaby/5541/feed 2 After a hard week, sometimes you just want to lay back, relax and get comfy. This Friday, take it easy with an African Lullaby cocktail. Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populated content full of just over a billion beautiful people and amazing natural scenic landscapes.  Home to the Marula Tree, which [...] mchenja-bush-camp http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-get-your-sex-on-the-beach/5090 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-get-your-sex-on-the-beach/5090#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:00:31 +0000 Melanie Zieba http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=5090 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/refreshing-fridays-get-your-sex-on-the-beach/5090/feed 0 Who doesn’t love the beach, the sun and a delicious fruity cocktail while you are busy doing nothing? Don’t take the deliberate sexual double entendre lightly, Sex on the Beach goes down easy and is sure to help make a night to remember. This relatively young cocktail was invented around the end of the 80’s [...] conrad-bali-resort-spa http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rejuvenate-and-relax-with-maia-luxury-resort-seychelles/658 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rejuvenate-and-relax-with-maia-luxury-resort-seychelles/658#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:00:09 +0000 Melissa Mewdell http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/?p=658 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/rejuvenate-and-relax-with-maia-luxury-resort-seychelles/658/feed 1 Maia Luxury Resort and Spa is the perfect beach resort for an exotic vacation in Seychelles, Africa. You won’t find a better way to relax than by visiting this spa hotel on one of the world’s most untouched island nations. Check Availability Where can a discerning traveler enjoy the beach in luxury, but also enjoy [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-4-of-4/53 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-4-of-4/53#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:35 +0000 Erik Haugen http://blog.kiwicollection.com/?p=53 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-4-of-4/53/feed 0 Seychelles: Banyan Tree The third property we stayed in was the Banyan Tree. Like Maia, the Banyan Tree is located on Mahé, so there are a wide range of local cultural activities to participate in within driving distance. Again like Maia, it is the property itself that is the star at the Banyan Tree. Nestled [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-3-of-4/52 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-3-of-4/52#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:14 +0000 Erik Haugen http://blog.kiwicollection.com/?p=52 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-3-of-4/52/feed 2 Seychelles: Maia Luxury Resort and Spa The second property we stayed in was Maia. The Maia experience, like the North Island experience, started the moment we walked off the plane. As we exited the domestic terminal our driver was waiting for us and escorted us to our car. Once inside, we were offered the usual [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-2-of-4/46 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-2-of-4/46#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:50:35 +0000 Erik Haugen http://blog.kiwicollection.com/?p=46 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-2-of-4/46/feed 1 Seychelles: North Island The first property we visited was North Island and the experience started the moment we disembarked from the plane. A representative from Mason Travel met us (holding that universally acknowledged “welcome mat”– the sign with the travellers name), and escorted us through passport control, luggage pick-up, customs, and through to the domestic [...] http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-1-of-4/44 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-1-of-4/44#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:17:17 +0000 Erik Haugen http://blog.kiwicollection.com/?p=44 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/paradise-found-a-visit-to-the-seychelles-part-1-of-4/44/feed 0 How do you define paradise? Most people would agree that we all have a different view of what paradise is, based on our experiences, our preferences, our expectations and our state of mind. The Seychelles is an island paradise. I was thrilled to visit there with my wife in March. Our trip started during the [...]