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Visa Hunter is an amazing source of information for those traveling and looking information about different types of Visas. Thank you Visa Hunter for quoting me Carlos Melia and www.carlosmeliablog.com at your section Travel Notes From The Web’s Best Travel and Expat Bloggers. Check it out. CM @ Carlos Melia Recommends
MAN ABOUT WORLD features photo by Carlos Melia
The November Issue of Man about World is out and about. Check it out. This month with a photo I took at the Fish Market of Kowloon in Hong Kong, featured at their section PARTING SHOTS. Download the November Issue to you iPAD.
Best Roof Tops of Asia
Best Roof Tops of Asia | 429Magazine | Hey everyone, my weekly column for 429Magazine is out and online. Go and check it out. My top list of Roof Tops in Asia, based on my own experiences lounging in the skies. CLICK HERE. Till next week with another adventure. CM
My Travel Bucket List 2012
My Travel Bucket List 2012 | Carlos Melia | You know all those things you swear you’re going to do before you a period of time expires or you die.? Well Bucket List is where you go to keep track of them all, and here is my 2012 Travel Bucket List.
Meeting of the PR Minds at Biscotti in Bangkok
Meeting of the PR Minds at Biscotti in Bangkok | Bangkok, Thailand | Being my last two days in Bangkok… I am coming to my favorite spots to enjoy of one more time the things I have really enjoyed during my visit, and even much better if sharing it with the great friends and colleagues I have made during this last few months. This time I return not only to one of my favorite Italian restaurants, but also to one of my TOP hotels in Bangkok, the Biscotti Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel. People you must try the Focaccia with Mascarpone and Truffle Oil, and the outstanding Risotto, just beyond real. (Photo above with Nicola Chilton – Regional Director of Public Relations for Four Seasons Thailand, and iconic Paul Hicks – Business Partner of Grebstad Hicks Communications Asia’s leading Luxury Travel and Lifestyle Communications.). Only great times. CM
ARMANI/aqua Lounge come to Hong Kong
ARMANI/aqua Lounge come to Hong Kong | Hong Kong, Kowloon | Two of my absolute favorite brands have joined forces to create and even more spectacular space in Honk Kong. Thanks to the expert recommendation of my local friend James Gannaban, I had the pleasure to visit this exciting Lounge/Restaurant in Hong Kong, which seems taken out of a futuristic movie. But it seems I will need to come back and revisit since ARMANI is partnering with AQUA to create Armani/Aqua a refined restaurant where Giorgio Armani’s elegance meets the contemporary interior design of the eponymous flagship aqua restaurant at One Peking in Hong Kong. Photo above is the exact same table I share that evening with my friend James, while I was fully mesmerized by the fantastic panoramic views of the Hong Kong bay.
The Langham Hong Kong Hotel
The Langham Hotel Hong Kong | Kowloon, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong | The Langham Hong Kong, was my first stay ever at this amazing destination that completely blew me away. And I have to say that for the time I stayed with them, I truly felt I was at home. The services, their staff and the overall experience, made me feel so comfortable and welcome that I would definitely come over again. Located in the area of Tsimshatsui at Kowloon Island, liveliest and most popular area of the city with an outstanding choice of shopping and entertainment. Only meters away from the waterfront, The Peninsula Hotel. Also very conveniently located to subways, shopping areas and one of my favorites the Fish/Flower/Jade/Birds Markets, which will transport you back in time to the old times of Hong Kong. Photo above is Edward Ma – Chief Concierge and 1st. Vice President of Les Clefs d’Or of Hong Kong and myself.
Amazing THAILAND Travel Survey
Amazing THAILAND Travel Survey | CM by Carlos Melia | Amazing Thailand as they promote it!!! We want to hear what you have to say about this fantastic, captivating and open-minded destination. For those lucky ones, like me, that have already been able to visit, share what was your experience while there… Thailand is centered around Buddhism, people in Thailand have compassion and tolerance towards any religion and walks of life. If you visit a national park or one of Thailand’s beaches or islands, you will witness many different natural attractions and see a diversity of wildlife. Thailand, the only Southeast Asian nation never to have been colonized by European powers. Thailand features outstanding cuisine that’s available nearly 24 hours a day. These restaurant listings cover the spectrum of Thai and International, budget and gourmet. Please take 2 minutes to complete this Survey. Amazing Thailand Travel Survey. Thank you in advance. CM
Carlos to Chelsea gays: Let me help you leave town!
Carlos to Chelsea gays: Let me help you leave town! | Chelsea, New York | Thank you Scott Stiffler at Chelsea Now and Troy Masters at Gay City News for a great write up and profile on my business and myself. You may read the full interview at www.chelseanow.com
Un Jardin sur Le Nil scent at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
Un Jardin sur Le Nil scent at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong | by Hermes | OK… !!!! I have been receiving for the last two month, compliment after compliment on my new Eau de Toilette. People looking at me and saying …” WOW what parfum are you wearing, it is amazing…”. Or saying ..” Carlos you smell great, what is it…” . Well I have tried to lie about it and say – hey it is just my natural scent – yeah right !!!!. So I think it is highly time I tell the truth on this and credit the ones that introduced me to it. The scent is by Hermes and the Eau de Toilette is Un Jardin sur Le Nil. This is part of the suite bathroom amenities at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. So yes, now is in the open. HA HA HA one of my beauty secrets is not public. Also that I am a pathological hotel amenity lover. Jardin sur Le Nil, a secret garden, hidden in the heart of the city, in Paris. A fruity, vegetal, floral eau de toilette appreciated by both women and men. So people at the Mandarin Oriental, now you know…. ha ha ha please send more, that I am running out of my “Natural Scent” or even better, I will come back to your AMAZING Hotel and Destination to get it. CM
