This Christmas, abandon the turkey. And we don’t mean go for goose instead. This Christmas holidays, absent yourselves from the traditional Christmas trimmings altogether, and treat yourself to an altogether tastier feast as a couple or family. How about a barbecue under a star-filled sky in the Kenyan savannah? Or you can watch a celebrated chef prepare super-fresh sushi on a Maldivian beach? Taste an fiery Indian thali platter on the ramparts of a Rajasthani fort or sample a sumptuous pudding beside the frozen Neva river in St Petersburg. And to finish? A tot of Madeira in the tropical heat of Funchal. This Christmas could have a totally different flavour.

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