He's fat and lazy, orange and indifferent. He's Garfield of Ephesus, the stray short-haired ginger tabby cat who hangs out in front of the amphitheatre at the 2,000-year-old ruins in Ephesus, Turkey. He's named after the famous comic strip feline Garfield, who's also a notoriously curmudgeonly laggard. My wife, Kerry, and I come across the ancient-...

Why does this hotel look like it's constructed of gigantic Jenga blocks? Because it's the eco-design Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore. While doing a lazy backstroke in the lagoon pool, my eyes gravite to the constellation of lights reflected in the mirrored ceiling five storeys above. At this moment, all that's on my mind is relaxation and the illu...

This city in the northeast of Germany wants to put itself on the map. It's deep, it's dark, it's eerie, it's fun. It's 100 metres down the shaft at the Sauberg Mine in Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany. We've arrived at this incredible subterranean Ore Mountains destination on the same cable-car elevator that tin miners used to take to work. But, since th...

A cycling tour hits all the highlights in the city-state. Not quite hitting F1 speed, we nonetheless peddle onto the racetrack, giddy with our starting position. You see, our group of rag-tag tourists is on Let's Go's 'Historical Singapore Bike Tour' and one of the highlights is cycling at the starting line of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. Of...

"Relax and allow your personality to come through," urges Karina Arriaga. "Let the painting show what you see and how you feel." It's the esoteric messaging coming from the activities agent at the Grand Velas Resort Los Cabos, here at the tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. My wife, Kerry and I, are sitting under big, blue umbrellas facing our easels a...

Channeling our inner oligarch, we stride up the red carpet and step aboard the super yacht Stardom. This four-storey, 42-metre-long floating beauty is all gleaming white fibreglass, polished teak, glittering chrome and cushy sectional couches. Captain Prithviraj Chandran welcomes us with a smile and gestures for us to ascend three levels to the Sky...