Word: hebridean
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...HEBRIDEAN SPIRIT: This handsome vessel offers the elegance of a luxury liner, but in smaller portions. Accommodating just 96 guests, Hebridean Spirit has plush cabins, a spa, a library and five-star dining, but none of the tacky nightclubs and gaming machines that clutter larger vessels. A number of genteel Indian Ocean cruises are available, taking in India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles among other destinations. Lengths vary from six to 14 days and guests can look forward to any number of sun-dappled pursuits, from viewing giant turtles in the Seychelles to strolling through Madagascar's bamboo forests...
...there are many malt whiskeys, but few are from a region so remote that the deer outnumber people 25 to 1 and the bank is open only once a week. The Hebridean island of Jura, off the coast of Scotland, is so isolated that George Orwell chose it as his retreat in order to write his novel 1984. For a price, whiskey aficionados can visit the island and distill their own casks of Jura, ready for bottling in 10 years' time. Or they can enjoy the gentle spice and fruitiness of Jura's 10-year-old whiskey right...
...Southern India and Sri Lanka: Posh travel company Abercrombie & Kent would like the pleasure of your company on a visit to Cochin, Goa, Panjim, Malvan and Mumbai on a Hebridean Island Cruises boat for 16 nights (departs Dec. 18). A representative for A&K says that the vessel feels more like a "floating five-star country-house hotel" than a cruise ship. From $8,785 to $16,993 for a two-person cabin. tel: (44-0845) 0700 606; www.abercrombiekent.co.uk...
...balloon ride over the golden temples of Bagan. $5,595 per person, $850 supplement. tel: (1-800) 678 1147; www.butterfield.com Southern India and Sri Lanka: Posh travel company Abercrombie & Kent would like the pleasure of your company on a visit to Cochin, Goa, Panjim, Malvan and Mumbai on a Hebridean Island Cruises boat for 16 nights (departs Dec. 18). A representative for A&K says that the vessel feels more like a "floating five-star country-house hotel" than a cruise ship. From $8,785 to $16,993 for a two-person cabin. tel: (44-0845) 0700 606; www.abercrombiekent.co.uk Singapore...
...predicts its share will climb even in markets like the U.S. and Japan, where overall whisky sales have declined steadily over the past decade. "Malts and premium brands are the way we need to go," says Good. If proof were needed, it is to be found on the sleepy Hebridean island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland, home to Caol Ila among others malts, and where five years ago Glenmorangie gave the kiss of life to a sleeping beauty known as the Ardbeg distillery. Closed for much of the 1980s and shut down again in 1996, Ardbeg...