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About Paul Kandarian

I'm a full-time freelance writer and photographer from the Boston area, specializing in travel writing. I contribute regularly to a variety of places, including the Boston Globe, GoCaribbean at about.com, Dave's Travel Corner, Upscale Living Magazine and many others.

Touring Toronto: Bruce Bell best man for the job

May 7, 2012 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

In 1966 Toronto, you could smoke in elevators, but men had to doff their hats. In the early 19th century, when Canada was very much British, you could be hanged if caught singing the pro-United States protest song "Yankee Doodle Dandy,". In the now super-trendy and expensive Yorkville section of the city, folk legends like Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot got their musical start during that neighborhood's edgy bohemian days. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Airport, America, Bakeries, Beach, Boston, Canada, Civil War, England, Food and Wine, History, Ireland, Montreal, New York City, Restaurants, Toronto, Travel Insurance, Walking tour

An Island Beach Where Three Could be a Crowd

May 4, 2012 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

I mean really, where did this crowd come from? We are at White Beach on privately owned Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands, a blindingly bright half-mile stretch of sand that Caribbean Travel and Leisure once dubbed one of the BVI's best beaches. Besides us, there are five people here, two to our right in lounge chairs, two at a small beach bar, and one swaying in a rope hammock beneath a giant tree. To our left - nothing but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean · Tagged: Airport, Architecture, Beach, Caribbean, Caves, Celebrity, Coffee, Drinking, England, Flowers, Golf, Hiking, History, Internet, Massachusetts, Mountain Climbing, Music, New York City, Pennsylvania, Restaurants

Ocean House: Luxury on a grand scale in smallest state

May 2, 2012 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

For a tiny state - the nation's tiniest - Rhode Island's got it all going on. There's the state's famous beaches (it is known as the Ocean State, after all), an incredible culinary scene, particularly in the capital city of Providence, world-class academia (think Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design) and a rousing arts scene which includes Trinity Repertory Company, the country's last full company theater. Photo courtesy of Ocean … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Animal Rescue, Art, Beach, Boston, Coffee, Connecticut, Drinking, England, Food and Wine, France, Garden, Harvest, Maine, New York City, Resort, Restaurants, Rhode Island, Seafood, Shopping Mall, Spa

St. John

June 28, 2011 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

You think hockey, you think cold. You think St. John in the Caribbean, you think hot. When you combine the two, what do you get? If you're very lucky, a Boston Bruins Stanley Cup championship. That improbable confluence happened for me when I was staying at Kismet on St. John, a gorgeous, five-bedroom villa of Moroccan design high atop Maria's Bluff, between Cruz Bay and Chocolate Hole. I'm a hockey nut in general, and about my Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean · Tagged: America, Animal Rescue, Art, Beach, Boston, Caribbean, Chocolate, Cruising, Drinking, Flowers, Food and Wine, Garden, Hiking, National Park, New York City, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Resort, Restaurants, Sailing

Luxury stays in Thailand

May 11, 2011 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

I had the happy occasion to be in Thailand in spring 2011, staying first in downtown Bangkok, then up in Chiang Mai, luxuriating in two hotels that were two of the most glorious and well appointed I'd ever enjoyed. In the thick of downtown Bangkok is Lebua at State Tower, a five-star, all-suite luxury hotel that towers over the rest and offers stunning views of the city and Praya River below. It is a massive place of glass and stone, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Bangkok Thailand, Bicycle, Boston, Coffee, Drinking, Fashion, Flowers, Food and Wine, History, Internet, Massachusetts, Massage, Music, Resort, Restaurants, Rhode Island, Thai Village, Thailand, Village, Walking tour

Thailand: One man’s virgin tour

May 11, 2011 by Paul Kandarian4 Comments

Dried fish at a Bangkok street market I wake up at 5:30 a.m. on the 57th floor of the Lebua at State Tower, an upscale hotel in the thick of Bangkok, the Praya River snaking by below. I stand and listen, hearing a throaty growl seeming to gather steam in the distance and figure it has to be an airplane leaving the city from Suvarnabhumi Airport. But how can that be? For one thing, the airport is 19 miles away. For another, the sound doesn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, Animal Rescue, Bangkok Thailand, Boston, Canals, Dessert, Fashion, Flowers, Food and Wine, Garden, History, Journey, Markets, Massachusetts, Monks, Music, Rainforest, Resort, Restaurants, Rhode Island

Norfolk a surprise of food, arts and other delights

January 29, 2011 by Paul KandarianLeave a Comment

For me, the best part of traveling has to be the delight of surprise, finding unexpected pleasures in places you thought you had a handle on, even if you haven't been there before. Norfolk, Virginia, provided that in a great, grand way on a recent trip I took there, as I found it a place with scenes of the culinary, arts and sports stripe. I'd gone thinking, perhaps as a stereotypically snooty Northerner, "Well, old, southern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: America, Art, Boston, Drinking, Food and Wine, History, Ice Cream, Iowa, Museum, New Hampshire, Restaurants, Seafood, Sports, Virginia, Walking tour, Wine Tasting, Wisconsin

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