http://www.planetmona.com/ http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3211-sri-lanka-gets-under-my-skin http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3211-sri-lanka-gets-under-my-skin Mona Farrugia thought she had become a hardened traveller, not excited or enthralled by much, until she found Sri Lanka creeping softly under her skin. Now she wants to emigrate. ]]> Sun, 29 May 2011 09:00:00 -0500 3211 2011-05-29 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3211_srilanka1_1284139177.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3211_srilanka2_1284139177.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3211_srilanka3_1284139177.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3368-the-guide-to-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3368-the-guide-to-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia Mona Farrugia goes to Sri Lanka and brings back ecstatic memories and a practical guide. Read on and see if this could also be your cup of tea. ]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3368 2011-05-19 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3368_srilankamonafarrugia1_1295265339.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3368_monafarrugiasrilanka2_1295265339.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3368_monafarrugiasrilanka3_1295265339.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3368_monafarrugiasrilanka4_1295265339.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3496-mona-farrugias-maldives-blog http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3496-mona-farrugias-maldives-blog Mona Farrugia needs to get out of the island so she hops off to a few more. In the Maldives. As one does. ]]> Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3496 2011-05-15 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3496_Screen shot 2011-04-25 at 11.21.17_1303723291.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3496_monafarrugiacocopalm_1303115849.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3496_Screen shot 2011-04-16 at 19.06.29_1302973679.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3496_maldivianairtaxi_1302974275.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3533-a-long-weekend-in-cyprus-mona-farrugias-diary http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3533-a-long-weekend-in-cyprus-mona-farrugias-diary Mona Farrugia and The Writer shoot off to Cyprus on a long weekend: it's cheap, it's yummy and the country turns out to be surprisingly lovely. ]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 13:35:00 -0500 3533 2011-05-03 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3533_cyprus2_1304429740.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3533_cyprus3_1304429740.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3533_cyprus_1304429740.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3523-india-pictorial-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3523-india-pictorial-by-mona-farrugia India is pure eye and camera candy, says Mona Farrugia ]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:44:00 -0500 3523 2011-04-27 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3523_india1_1303897456.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3523_india2_1303897456.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3523_india3_1303897456.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3455-history-art-and-a-nice-chill-out-on-the-deck http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3455-history-art-and-a-nice-chill-out-on-the-deck Mona Farrugia finds a fantastic agency which is providing all that we ever needed to travel and now with some added history and art thrown in. ]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:40:00 -0600 3455 2011-03-06 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3455_INSIGNIA001_1299404420.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3455_Mykonos_1299407125.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3455_Istanbul_1299407125.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3405-sicily-please-give-us-your-opinion http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3405-sicily-please-give-us-your-opinion Mona Farrugia and her gastronomy mates would love your opinion on everything Southern Sicilian. ]]> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:41:00 -0600 3405 2011-01-30 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3405_monafarrugiasicilyfood_1296391362.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3405_monafarrugiasicily_1296391299.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3405_monafarrugiaetnasicily_1296391299.png http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3259-2010-10-22-00-48-31 http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3259-2010-10-22-00-48-31 Mona Farrugia thought that cruising meant mounds of cheap food and 9 million Maltese trying to get at it. Until she went on the Silversea cruise line. ]]> Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:48:00 -0500 3259 2010-10-22 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3259_monafarrugiaviewfromsilverseacabine_1287726812.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3259_monafarrugiasilversealunch_1287726812.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3259_monafarrugiasilversealounge_1287726812.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3259_monafarrugiasilverseadiningroom_1287726812.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3257-big-in-japan http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3257-big-in-japan Being almost six feet tall, Margerita Pule' is really big in Japan; it's a country full of cliches anyway, so that's fine. ]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:08:00 -0500 3257 2010-10-19 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan1_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan2_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan3_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan4_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan5_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan6_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan7_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3257_monafarrugiajapan8_1287475711.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3196-bavarian-alps-for-beginners- http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3196-bavarian-alps-for-beginners- Dr Zoran takes a break from animal ailments and escapes to the fairy tale land of Bavaria, which offers a wonderful combination of nature, culture and hospitality ]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:00:00 -0500 3196 2010-08-28 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_FrolicksonAlatseeLake_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_UltimateChillout_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_Alatseelakeflora_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_CyclingAroundForggensee_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_CyclingAroundForggensee2_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_FloodedBoathouse_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_MadKingsDream_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3196_Ontopoftheworld_1281971719.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3182-in-the-middle-of-everywhere http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3182-in-the-middle-of-everywhere Mona Farrugia is stunned to find that in the two million hectares that make up the Kruger National Park, it only takes a few big cats to paw her over... ]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:59:00 -0500 3182 2010-08-05 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica1_1281027303.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica3_1281027303.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica4_1281027303.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica5_1281027823.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica6_1281027823.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica7_1281027823.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3182_southafrica8_1281027823.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3181-a-day-in-southern-sicily http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3181-a-day-in-southern-sicily There is wonderful food, pretty towns and huge swathes of land at rock-bottom prices. Mona Farrugia falls in love with the south of Sicily ]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:44:00 -0500 3181 2010-08-05 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily2_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily1_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily3_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily5_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily6_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3181_sicily7_1281028898.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3176-delicious-mauritius http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3176-delicious-mauritius Mona Farrugia jets off to Mauritius for some sea, sand and, yes, food. Preferably not all on the same plate. ]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:09:00 -0500 3176 2010-07-30 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_mauritiusfood1_1280510626.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_SBR0409PoolNight_1280510154.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_SugarBeach3_1280509752.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_SugarBeach7_1280509752.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_mauritiusfood2_1280510627.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_mauritiusfood3_1280510627.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3176_mauritiusfood4_1280510627.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3025 http://www.planetmona.com/travel-on-planetmona/62-country-guides/3025 First impressions can last a lifetime and as many like to say, they’re often erroneous. In Bangkok, the ‘first’ impression is the one you get every time you visit. ]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:09:00 -0500 3025 2010-06-18 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand1_1280047620.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand2_1280047678.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand3_1280048524.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand4_1280048524.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand5_1280048755.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand6_1280048755.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand6_1280048755.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3025_thailand8_1280048755.jpg