Archive for category: English
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PASSIONATELY SWISS ON THE ANDAMAN SEA
PAMELA MCCOURT FRANCESCONE The pool in the Coconut GroveThe Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach is a haven of Swiss style and elegance on Karon Beach, on the south-western coastline of the island of Phuket. [...]
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THE STRANGE WORLD OF BRIDGE
JUSTIN CORFIELD Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, railroad magnate, three times the skipper of a winning yacht in the Americas cup, and great-grandson of the noted financier Commodore Vanderbilt, invented Contract Bridge along with three others aboard [...]
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ADI DA SAMRAJ AND GHIRLANDAIO: ARTISTIC PROVOCATION
TERESA CARRUBBA The Convento di Ognissanti in Florence is the venue for a highly refined confrontation between the two poles of art. As soon as you walk into the convent the surprise factor is [...]
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GARY J. COATES THE PERSPECTIVE
PAMELA MCCOURT FRANCESCONE 1) When and where was perspective born and what did it mean for painting and for art in general? Linear geometric perspective was invented by the Florentine architect Filippo [...]
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LESSONS IN MEDICINE AND LIFE FROM VIETNAM
Text and Photos by Pamela McCourt Francescone Vietnam is the first country to successfully use an innovative technique of acupuncture. It is called cat gut embedding and has many advantages compared to the age-old [...]
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ROTA: PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION AND CHAUFFEURED SERVICES
. Rota is a Milan-based firm dedicated to private transportation and chauffeured services. Our broad experience in the field of chauffeured car hire, coaches, motor-boats, private aircrafts etc. allows us to attend to both our [...]
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SCALA'S DESTINATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
. Scala?s Destination Management Services Department is specialised in the competitive area of incentive and corporate travel, conventions, conferences, special events and to meet the demands of corporations, tour operators, incentive houses, travel agents, and [...]
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YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SAVANA
PAMELA MCCOURT FRANCESCONE Three Sabi Sabi lodges, three different styles and three different ways to discover the African bush in luxury, choosing between the past, the present and the future. There is a unique, [...]
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TWO SAFARIS IN SABI SABI
Text and photos by Annarosa Toso Sabi Sabi, a private park inside the famous Kruger Park, is home to a series of luxury lodges and a privileged place for exciting and fascinating photo safaris. The [...]
