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...place for him. And he will be a shoo-in for a Cabinet post. After all, a criminal record (preferably something fraudulent or involving corruption, the national pastime) is common in the top echelons. Recently, the very MPs implicated in defrauding the people of South Africa through an elaborate travel-voucher scam we call Travelgate (about 40 of them) voted to eliminate the country's most successful crime-fighting unit, the Scorpions. It was bizarrely ironic, even by our delinquent standards, because the Scorpions were the top cops who had brought charges against the Naughty 40 in the first place...
More than white-glove service or custom-crafted luggage, the greatest luxury in travel these days is having the secret addresses and accumulated wisdom of world-class travelers. My first trip to Paris 25 years ago was informed by a list of 10 addresses scribbled down by a Francophile friend who loved the City of Light so much he practically commuted there from New York. Among the musts were places like Berthillon on the Ile St. Louis and the bistro Chez Georges. For years I passed that list around like samizdat. The idea of tapping into the experiences of globetrotters...
Botanical Booty Think of it as the beauty equivalent of Russian nesting dolls. The Evolu Travel Tower is a group of essential potions?cleanser, eye gel, day and night moisturizers, a postflight mask and hand cream?that are stacked together in a single vertical package. Endlessly refillable, the stack comprises six 10-ml (0.34 oz.) compartments, which lands it well below airlines' 100-ml (3 oz.) limit for carry-on cosmetics. The tower comes with a spare lid, so the pots can be transported as one or in sets, a true sign of skin-care glasnost. www.evolu.com
Giorgio Armani knows a thing or two about the jet-set lifestyle, so it makes perfect sense that his latest accessory venture is the Luxury Traveller Collection, with chic matching luggage sets reminiscent of a bygone era of travel...
Read TIME's Travel Avenger column...