Unpacked: China, Uzbekistan, Baku, Six Senses & more with travel editor, John O'Ceallaigh

Hello and welcome to our very first episode of The Travel Diaries: Unpacked, your weekend travel fix. 

Today I’m joined by the fabulous John O'Ceallaigh. John is a travel journalist and consultant to luxury hospitality brands, who previously served as the luxury travel editor for The Telegraph for nearly a decade.

We'll be unpacking Nisha's bucket list destination, China; reflecting on my Hotel of the Week, Six Senses London; chatting about John's recent trip to Azerbaijan, and answering your listener question.

Destination Recap:

• China
• Beijing, China
• Shanghai, China
• Yunnan, China
• Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
• Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Shangri-La, China
• Yellow Mountain, Anhui, China
• Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
• Six Senses London, Bayswater, London, England
• The Whiteley, Bayswater, London, England
• Notting Hill, London, England
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan
• Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Uzbekistan
• Khiva, Uzbekistan
• Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

All the destinations mentioned are included in the episode show notes and on thetraveldiariespodcast.com 

If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on Instagram and TikTok, I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. 

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I’ll be back on Tuesday. 

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