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A Luxury Travel & Lifestyle Compendium

· March 24, 2017

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A Michigan-based luxury travel, lifestyle, & photography compendium by adventurer, writer, Lonely Planet Pathfinder, and award-winning, Getty Images photographer, Annie Fairfax.

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Memories from Kyoto, Japan where we walked through Gion (the very traditional district where one just might glimpse an elusive and enigmatic geisha) and where we also visited dozens of the city’s 1600+ shrines, and ate golden food.

Swipe to see one of the most stunning flowers I’

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A few of my favorite images from Eilean Donan Cast

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Whether I’m exploring a new city on foot, leadin

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