HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, #4

Can you believe we’re 4 years old today? Our first post was on June 26, 2013. And even though it might look like a 4 -year-old made the cake,  it might be hard to see in the photo, but that’s an actual pool at the center, with a little plastic beach ball …

HELGA’S GUEST HOUSE, SRI LANKA: Swim with Monkeys?

It’s definitely the funkiest property we’ve covered, but this Bloomberg article “An Inexpensive Jungle Retreat Perfect for the Instagram Era,” By Richard Vines, intrigued us. According to Helga’s Guest House in Sri Lanka: “If expecting a regular hotel experience, best look elsewhere. Thank you.” It’s a small home/guesthouse in the Sri Lankan …

DREAM, NEW YORK, DOWNTOWN HOTEL, NYC

Here’s something you don’t see everyday! The boutique hotel chain http://www.dreamhotels.com/downtown/amenities-en.html features a glass-bottom roof-deck hotel pool, that looks down into the hotel lobby. Swimmers can go deep and see who is currently checking in, while lobby dwellers must look up to quite a view. See those circles in the …

WE WISH WEDNESDAY: SHANGRI-LA ARU, BORNEO

It’s Wednesday and we wish we were so very far away, relaxing in this amazing looking infinity pool in Borneo. In our minds, this is us: Besides it’s amazing location along the South China Sea, underneath gently swaying coconut palms and not far from a national park, the resort also …