My Week
Every week, I trade my passport for a new adventure — five-star suites, hidden lagoons, midnight rooftop bars, and the occasional questionable scooter ride. This is where I document it all, unfiltered.
From Vietnam's neon skylines to the Philippines' secret islands, My Week is your front-row seat to luxury travel done properly — no sponsored fluff, just the places worth your time.
That was The week that was
Koh Phangan Review: The Toilet, The Thunder & The Way Home
MR. PAPARAZZI'S WORLD — MY WEEK: THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS Some holidays leave you wanting another week. Others leave you checking the ferry timetable. By the end of my four days on Koh Phangan, I wasn't searching for another sunset. I was searching for the nearest...
Mango Bay Resort Phu Quoc Review: The Honest Verdict on Vietnam’s Most Rustic Retreat
💎💎💎 Mr. Paparazzi Rating: Three White Diamonds If you're searching for a Mango Bay Resort Phu Quoc review that skips the polished brochure language, you're in the right place. This is a resort people either love without reservation or quietly wonder what the fuss is...
Vietnam, Bangkok and Coming Home: A Southeast Asia Travel Diary
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS Coming Home — Sort Of There comes a point on every great journey when you stop moving long enough to realise just how far you’ve travelled. This week felt a little like that. Mr. Paparazzi’s World was still wandering through Vietnam —...
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS. El Nido, Palawan → Manila → Ho Chi Minh City
From Georgina to Lucky, via the Thriller in Manila and a Love Affair with Vietnam Every great trip deserves a proper ending. Mine started with a cat. Not a celebrity. Not a billionaire. Not a politician. A cat. Every morning in El Nido, before the coffee,...
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS El Nido — Hidden Lagoons, Secret Beaches, Rockstar Sunsets & The Five Black Diamond Odyssey
One Week in El Nido, Palawan: A Chaotic, Beautiful Travel Diary from Mr. Paparazzi’s World A raw, cinematic travel diary from Mr. Paparazzi’s one-week journey through Boracay, Cebu and El Nido, Palawan — from tropical chaos to rockstar sunsets, hidden lagoons and...
MR PAPARAZZI’S WORLD – THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS
GONZO LUXURY ANTHROPOLOGY ON THE EDGE OF PARADISE There’s a point in long-term travel where airports stop feeling glamorous and start becoming strange moving corridors between realities.This week — or what felt like three months compressed into two sunburnt weeks —...
Royal Muang Samui Villas Review: Serenity, Spice and Real Service on Choeng Mon Beach
There are hotels that announce themselves with marble, chandeliers and a lobby designed to make your credit card feel nervous. Then there are hotels that work more quietly. Royal Muang Samui Villas, on Choeng Mon Beach in Koh Samui, belongs firmly in the second...
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS: THE WEEK KOH SAMUI TRULY FELT LIKE HOME
Koh Samui, Samui Cuisine, Thailand — August 2026 Some weeks in Mr Paparazzi's World involve first-class lounges, ridiculous hotels, exotic cities, parties, celebrities and the occasional moment when I wonder how the hell this became my life. This was not one of those...
That Was the Week That Was: I Found the Best Bowl of Noodles in the World for Four Dollars
Chasing Butterflies, Brigitte Bardot, the Bubble Beach Buffalo and the Best Bloody Noodles in the World There are weeks when you conquer the world. And there are weeks when you sit barefoot on a wooden deck somewhere on a beach in Thailand, watching two butterflies...
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Mr. Paparazzi
Part travel writer, part professional wanderer, Mr. Paparazzi has spent the last decade chasing the world's best hotels, hidden beaches, and stories worth telling. When he's not somewhere over the Pacific, he's writing about it here — one week, one destination at a time.
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