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Alice & Co trip 2018 to the Falkands Antartica and South America

In pursuit of penguins

Sunday 11 February 2018 by where2wearit

Winter is itchy feet time for me and this year I’m heading about as far south as a person can go to have a look at the icebergs of Antarctica before heading north up the west side of South America for some Latino culture and warmth. It’s also a great opportunity to continue my where2wearit blog which offers travel tips from made-to-measure experts Alice & Co. My starting point is the windy Falkland Islands deep in the chilly South Atlantic. […]

Categories: fashion, Islands, South America, Uncategorized, Walks • Tags: Falkland Islands, fashion, Istanbul, Penguins, Sealions, Seals, Sewing, Stanley, Sweaters

Alice relaxing in kimono Nihiwatu Sumba Indonesia

Sumba – an exotic Indonesian island of worms and horses!

Saturday 24 June 2017 by where2wearit

When my travel writer partner told me about an island where people eat worms and charge about on tinsel-decorated ponies hurling spears at each other I thought he was having me on – but no, he was describing the magical Indonesian island of Sumba which has inspired me to design a simple travel kimono – find out why below and click here to download the pattern. Just an hour’s flight southeast from Bali, Sumba feels a world away with a […]

Categories: Horseriding, Indonesia, Islands, Spa, Uncategorized • Tags: beach riding, Nihiwatu, Pasola, Religious festivals, Spa, Sumba

Sailing and dragon hunting in Indonesia!

Tuesday 16 May 2017 by where2wearit

For the next few days of our three month ‘avoiding the British winter’ adventure we board the good ship Alexa and take to the high seas and the Komodo National Park. This is easily reached on an hour-long flight from Bali east to Labuan Bajo. This protected wilderness is a fabulous spot to go snorkelling and diving as the corals here still sport their glorious Technicolor as they have not been bleached out. Plus you get to see the unique […]

Categories: fashion, Islands, Sailing, Uncategorized

Arty New Zealand

Friday 14 April 2017 by where2wearit

Being something of a bookworm, I always like to read an author relevant to my travels. So down in Wellington, at the southern tip of New Zealand’s North Island, it has to be Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) – her pithy short stories are brilliant for all those hanging about moments inevitable when you’re on the road. Her childhood home in Tinakori Street has been turned into a delightful museum of domestic life in the last years of the 19th century. Katherine […]

Categories: Art, Cities, fashion, Islands, New Zealand, Uncategorized

New Caledonia salut!

Sunday 2 April 2017 by where2wearit

No one seems to know anything about New Caledonia – or Nouvelle Calédonie to give it it’s French name – which seems an excellent reason to visit. Even Stanfords of London, one of the world’s most venerable travel bookshops, couldn’t supply us with a proper map of this South Pacific archipelago. Neither could the tourist office in the capital, Nouméa, nor the Hertz hire car office – but fortunately we find this printed sarong! If you’d like to see my […]

Categories: Islands, Road Trips, South Pacific, Uncategorized • Tags: aquarium, French, mountains, Museums, New Caledonia

A hop around Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Sunday 5 March 2017 by where2wearit

Kangaroo Island might sound like a location for an Enid Blyton story but it’s real, lives up to its name and is only one and a half hour’s drive south from Adelaide followed by a breezy 45 minute ferry ride. A hop, skip and a jump and you’re there. Here I am trying some hopping exercise – which certainly puzzles the roos! I decide it’s better to stick with hiking… The landscape here is more rugged than Margaret River in […]

Categories: Australia, France, Islands, Uncategorized, Walks

View of Downtown Auckland from the Harbour

Auckland – New Zealand

Thursday 24 April 2014 by where2wearit

After some lovely days lolling around in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, it’s time to put on some heels and hit the streets of Auckland. There’s something about a big city on the sea – I’m thinking Sydney, San Francisco, Stockholm – that says while this may be a serious place of commerce and culture we’re also jolly well going to relax and have a good time. New Zealand’s largest city, which is spread over a landscape of […]

Categories: Cities, Islands, New Zealand • Tags: Auckland, Britomart, City Tours, Museums, New Zealand, Restaurants, Shopping, Walks

Alice & Co in the South Pacific – Rarotonga

Wednesday 19 March 2014 by where2wearit

Alice & Co decides to escape the February rain in London and go way down south to New Zealand, stopping over at Rarotonga and Atutaki in the Cook Islands. Lost in the South Pacific, you can get to these specks of paradise by flying from Los Angeles with Air New Zealand. Plan ahead, as the plane only goes once a week… The beach in Rarotonga – just the kind of escape I had in mind! This is a tricky one, […]

Categories: Islands, South Pacific • Tags: Air New Zealand, Alice&Co, black pearls, Cook Islands, markets, Rarotonga, South Pacific

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