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BVI baby
My BVI
that’s my BVI…
British Virgin Islands
Snuggled amongst the gentle currents and smiling sun of the Caribbean lies a little bit of Britain that couldn’t be further from home. On the British Virgin Islands (BVI) life’s a beach; an isolated paradise to take you back to island living before the invention of fast-food and stress. Four main islands make up the majority of the BVIs; Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke, each with their own personality and unique brilliance.
We’ve got the inside scoop on this one. Oh yes… click here to find some local insights on the BVI’s.
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cap bon ami
must be canada…
As a special treat to mark the occasion, we figured we’d skip downing shots of maple syrup and snowboarding at Whistler to instead let you in on a few Canada secrets that are sure to have you out on the streets celebrating this awesome country.
polar bears
What better secret to start with than one involving fluffy white polar bears? We at Black Tomato were all sold at this point, but if you need a harder sell than that, does it help to know that we can arrange to have you flown in your private plane to a special wilderness lodge in the sub-arctic Manitoban prairie lands where friendly and docile polar bears and their cubs lounge away the days in front of your very eyes? We thought that would do it.
Even if you’re more city-styler than sub-arctic explorer, we’ve got a Canada secret for you too. Quebéc’s streets are a culture hot-bed, with Montréal and Québec City hosting hundreds of festivals throughout the year, including the world’s biggest comedy and music festivals, not to mention the Red Bull Crashed Ice event; a hair-raising, bone-crunching, spleen-bursting downhill ice race through Quebéc’s streets. Don’t forget your insurance.
That said, Québec can still bring the 18th century explorer in you out, with a trip to Québec’s wild plains to see herds of gallivanting caribou, followed by whale spotting and a spot of air time soaring over the mighty Saguenay fjord.
No need to thank us, have a Happy Canada Day!
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...beach awards 2011
Beach
Introducing the Beach Tomato Awards 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, let us reveal the first ever Beach Tomato Awards 2011 launched by our sister website, Beach Tomato. Naming the best in beach fashion, beach beauty and beaches around the world, the Beach Tomato Awards will showcase the best of the beach this year.
Combining the Beach Tomato team and industry experts to form a judging panel, June will be spent deliberating the 15 different categories to announce final winners on 28th June 2011.
Alongside a judging panel of industry experts this is your chance to cast your vote in the People’s Choice Award categories to nominate the places and products that make the world’s best beaches worth bragging about. Don’t forget to drop your email address when you vote for a chance to win a very special Beach Tomato goody bag.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...down the canal with a paddle
panama canal
the great canal…
On a recent trip to the secluded beauty that is Panama, I was super excited yet a teeny bit apprehensive to find that I would be kayaking the Panama Canal. An architectural and engineering masterpiece; the canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to great expanse of the Pacific, and has seen a whopping 815,000 vessels voyaging through its tropical passage since opening in 1914. Quite the feat you’ll agree. Bearing in mind the closest I’ve come to a kayak voyage before this had been in a swimming pool on the Isle of Wight, you’ll see where the slight concern comes in. However the thought of gliding through the waters with lush jungle lying ahead and giant cargo ships destined for the farthest corners of the globe behind me was just too appealing. So I grabbed an oar and took to the waters.
We set off early in sight of visiting an indigenous community hidden on the edge of Lake Gatun, an artificial lake which links the canal to the Chagres River. With the monstrous ships setting sail for the Far East behind us we glided further into the lake, until we were surrounded by the blissful sounds of nothing, apart from the odd call of a howler monkey echoing from the teetering jungle. After making our way (very slowly) through a dense mass of waterlilies we approached the indigenous community where we were met by the community’s children showcasing handcrafted trinkets forged from local materials, followed swiftly by a brief overview of the community’s past.
Once back on dry land and having conquered the kayak it seemed amazing that we where so close to one of the worlds busiest waterways, yet with a few strokes of a paddle you could find yourself nestled in the midst of a pristine jungle wilderness.
Fancy experiencing the secret beauty of Panama for yourself get in touch…
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...marc sethi: off the rails in india
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When we think of India there are certain images that flourish in our imaginations, those of exotic journeys traversing the extensive Indian Rail Network on board a traditional locomotive. Come to think of it a jaunt to this fascinating country isn’t complete without a trip on the rails. The hustle and bustle, the heady scent of the spices that linger on the platform, and the call of the tea sellers as they shuffle down the aisles all makes for a truly authentic experience.
Our friend and intrepid photographer Marc Sethi has given us a sneak peek at some awe-inspiring snaps of his Indian rail journeys that captures the spirit of the rails and its journeymen.
Fancy a trip to incredible India… get in touch.
colourful carriges
sleeper carriges
chugging along the tracks
dog on the platform
mass of trains
hustle and bustle
train trinkets
side car
on the road again
on the road again
busy ways
rail side towns
family waiting for train
(5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...paris when it sizzles
paris
Julia goes to Paris…
Breakfast in Paris should, I believe, ideally begin the night before. Which is why I was delighted to discover not croissants but a plethora of cupcakes upon our homecoming to the quiet sunlit lobby of the Hotel Amour at 7am last Friday morning. It got me thinking how it’s just the kind of highly portable breakfast you need to set yourself up with enough energy to move by foot from Pigalle to the 6th arrondissement, get lost in the process, and crucially have the energy to enjoy getting lost.
Reviving food was, on reflection, something of a trend during my most recent visit… Myself and my Girl Friday made yummy noises in dark shades over restorative au natural superfoods at Super Nature (12 rue Trevise, 9eme), fearlessly swallowed down steak tartar and pillows of restorative squidgy ravioli at dining spot du jour Le Dauphin (131 avenue Parmentier) – the latest tapas offering from the folks behind Le Chateaubriand – and soaked up the Sancere with perfectly dishevelled frites served by the perfectly dishevelled waiter in the garden terrace at the Amour. Can’t complain really can you; Paris definitely pulls out all the stops when it comes to those rehumanizing bites to eat. Although there was barely enough room for an Easter egg. Barely, but still some mind. Jacques Genin’s chocolate shop (133 rue de Turenne, 3eme) came to the rescue for one final gap-filling soft caramel before it was time to catch the train mumbling my new mantra ‘one must learn to say when, must learn to say when’.
Inspired? Have a look at some of our favourite Parisian jaunts here.
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...calling all adrenaline afficionados
capture what you will with the playsport
Not ones for the shy and retiring experiences here at Black Tomato we love the outrageous, the dare-devilish, and the downright exhilarating. Think bungee jumping James Bond style in Switzerland, volcano surfing in Nicaragua, traversing the Peruvian Andes on a motor bike, these kind of jaunts need to be precision captured right? And instantly shared for all to see (and be super envious of).
tough and loveable
We’ve found this nifty little camera that packs some serious punch. Let the Kodak Playsport brings out your rebellious side. What’s so great about it we here you say? Let us explain…
With as much as an appetite for adventure as you do, the Kodak Playsport isn’t afraid to get dirty or wet. Like the award winning first generation the new Kodak Playsport Zx5 shrugs off dirt and dunks of up to 3m, but ups the ante by adding a wider angle lens and shock-proofing from drops of up to 1.5m. And that’s while packing the same awesome Full HD 1080p shooting skills, plus improved focusing (including macro), flat-screen connectivity via the bundled HDMI cable and on-camera editing.
Snap, upload, and share. The Kodak Playsport’s built-in software allows you to share videos and photos of you tearing through the surf, and gliding along the slopes on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube as soon as you touch down back on earth with just one push of a button.
Rugged, resistant and bursting with technology its sleek, sexy and comes in an array of eye-catching hues from electric blue to sunset orange. Click here to see the Playsport in action.
Kodak PlaySport ZX5
RRP £149.99
Available now at Amazon
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...spectrum in the sand
Richard Of York Gave Battle… on the Beach? Thinking back to those first school physics lessons, we can all draw on at least one thing with comforting familiarity. Roy G. Biv, the famous mnemonic devised to memorize the split in the colour spectrum. Rainbows deciphered. But chasing those colours in the sky usually means looking up, not down. Over at Beach they’ve had their thinking caps on and picked out some of the world’s most colourful seaside stretches. Sand that’s pink as flamingo down, black as coal or green as powdered olive leaves. Think paradise should be golden? Then think again… Click here to see what we mean.
James Snowdon is Editorial Intern at Black Tomato
(7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...abbi’s india imagery
Abbi’s full of emotions after her experience in Incredible India. To experience any of the things Abbi saw, get in touch with us. To see her beautiful photography, click through the images…
chilli - abbikemp.com
Frustration, anger, confusion, amazement, absurdity, infatuation… are just a few words that spring to mind when I think of India. I spent four months travelling around the country and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I travelled up to Kashmir to stay on the Srinagar Lake, watched the border ceremony between Pakistan and India, drowned myself in Chai, rode camels through the Rasjathan deserts, witnessed the burning Ghats in Varanasi, attempted to find tigers, got love struck in Goa, drove through the Southern countryside on a Royal Enfield, had an epiphany at the Golden Temple, featured in a futuristic Bollywood film… And that doesn’t even touch the surface. As a family friend once said to me, “it’s a country where the past rides side by side with the present.” I couldn’t think of a better way to sum up the place I simply fell in love with.
Click on the image above and keep clicking through to see what Abbi saw in India.
4 men in a field - abbikemp.com
alleyway - abbikemp.com
beggarboy - abbikemp.com
boys - abbikemp.com
by the pool - abbikemp.com
girl on beach - abbikemp.com
rajastan (landscape) - abbikemp.com
riverbed - abbikemp.com
room with a view - abbikemp.com
screaming boy - abbikemp.com
taj - abbikemp.com
view from train - abbikemp.com
washerman - abbikemp.com
(7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...i heart the beach
Who doesn’t love a good beach? Abbi’s back to share some of her favourite places for some sun and sand.
I am a self-confessed sun junkie. Show me a blue sky, tropical heat and you literally won’t be able to wipe the smile off my face. So if there’s one place I’m most content then it’s on a beach. Sun, sand and water. There isn’t anything better.
silhouettes at sundown - abbikemp.com
I’ve been very fortunate to have seen some breathtaking beaches. I started off life spending most of my summers in Juan-les-Pins, France and following this I spent some time living in Antigua, sailed around the Grenadine Islands, travelled the coast of South-East Asia, island-hopped in Fiji, got love struck in Goa and tested the various coastal locations in South America. So many beaches… so little time…
sun dried - abbikemp.com
neon palm - abbikemp.com
pole for a perch - abbikemp.com
black and white roost - abbikemp.com
sea on the slide - abbikemp.com
huts - abbikemp.com
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