Article: Mirror Travel: That's Mai kind of town; After a lifetime away, Mike Gillender finds that Thailand's mix of old and new can still beguile him.(Features)

Article: Living the theme! MIKE GILLENDER and his grandson ...
The Mirror (London, England);  October 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MIKE GILLENDER WHEN I asked my grandson Jack where he wanted to go for his 16th birthday bash, the answer was fired back in a heartbeat. It ...

Article: Weekender: Travel: Starry, starry fright; ONE SMALL STEP TO ...
The Mirror (London, England);  June 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MIKE GILLENDER EVER wondered what it would be like to be an astronaunt, strapped into the sharp end of a smoking rocket, counting down the seconds ...

Article: Travel: No mutiny.. just galleons of fun; ALL ABOARD A pirate ...
The Mirror (London, England);  May 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MIKE GILLENDER "WALK THE PLANK!" boomed a pirate's voice as we pushed open the door of our amazing hotel room. Clearly, this was going ...

Article: Holiday `99: Look, sky walker; Mike Gillender treks ...
The Mirror (London, England);  August 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ...WHIZZING through the treetops much faster than I could run is not the way I expected to explore the rainforest. But then Costa Rica is full of the unexpected. High in the Monteverde (green mountain) national park, Fernando Valverde, a biologist, has devised an aerial runway for visitors to enjoy

Article: Travel: On The Beach with Leo; Mike Gillender finds ...
The Mirror (London, England);  February 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ...LEONARDO DiCaprio went to Phuket to make a movie. I went there for a holiday - and felt that I was in a movie, or at least some giant, exotic film set. This thought struck me early one evening. Still stressed from the London commuter rat race, followed by three days of even more frenetic pace in

Article: Travel: A trip we will never forget; MIKE GILLENDER ...
The Mirror (London, England);  November 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: EDITED BY IAIN MAYHEW AT 11am on Tuesday - the 11th day of the 11th month - there will be a minute's silence up and down the country to remember those who fell in two World Wars. As the years roll by, the ranks of men and women at Remembrance Day parades who actually served in these

Article: Chiang Mai shaking off backpacker tag with high-end ...
Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  October 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... four-billion-baht upgrade will help Chiang Mai in its struggle to drop its reputation ... handful of current high-end offerings in Chiang Mai. It comes in the wake of emerging new ... Oriental Dhara Dhevi, located 5 km from Chiang Mai's city centre, added 54 colonial ...