Asia
The scooters, mopeds and motorbikes of Vietnam are interesting. Definitely an experience… Scooters are in sheer abundance on the roads of Vietnam. There’s an estimated 3.1 million in the capital city of Ho Chi Minh (also known as Saigon) and the streets are crammed full of the buzzing two-wheelers. The roads are a semi-organised chaos with manic overtaking, swerving, frantic last minute turns, zigzagging… ploughing through it on the back …
Endless beaches, golden surf spots, low prices, head shaking locals and Tuk-tuks that drive faster than cars. That’s my basic description of beautiful Sri Lanka.
I visited Sri Lanka last year and completely fell in love. One month of breathtaking sunsets, delicious tea, surfing and vibrating nightlife.
Sri Lanka is the perfect mix of cultural experiences, peacefulness and delicious cuisine.
Nowadays flights to Colombo, which is the capital city, are relatively cheap from …
Coming to Landaa Giravaaru, short Landaa, felt like a dream. We had just been spending 4 amazing nights at the Four Seasons Resort in Kuda Huraa, another Maldives Island, (we wrote all about it here) and we really didn’t think there could be any upgrade from there. There was.
We walked into our beach villa – or was it a beach mansion? – like rap stars. Nina and Katja were back …
The girl who had stayed with them before me didn’t like soy sauce. She had been in Kariwa-mura, Japan, as I was, for a one-month homestay program as a part of my town’s annual sister city exchange program. But my predecessor didn’t try the sushi, the cold soba noodles, or even the ramen. She ate one thing and one thing only: rice. And contrary to popular American custom, she didn’t …
In an ideal case scenario, what would be the best thing a hotel can do for you? Make you feel at home? Relax you? Introduce you to amazing people? Provide you with a new and extraordinary experience? Lead you into a whole new world? Whatever your answer to that question there is always a place out there that exactly meets what it is you are looking for.
I’ve been lucky to …
The Urban Dictionary defines the term ‘Paradise’ as a version of heaven minus the clouds, harps, angels etc, but typically seen as an ideal place of beauty such as a massive lush garden with every known exotic plant, animal and bird. This seems to describe the little island of Koh Tao perfectly. However, take this idea of paradise and factor in a long list of fun things to do, see …
Do you ever stop and wonder how lucky you are? I don’t know you of course, but if you have a job that pays the bills, a roof over your head and a few friends who love you then that’s a pretty good start. Add the occasional holiday and maybe a few fun nights out on the town and you’re even better off.
Traveling, more than anything, reguarly reminds me of …
Nowadays the words “unspoilt beach”, “white sand” and “clear blue sea” don’t always go together, especially when the sentence also includes the country “Thailand” where although the beaches remain stunning and paradise like, they are far from undiscovered or out of this world.
That was until I took a speedboat to Koh Racha Yai from the busy and bustling island of Phuket and thirty-five minutes later landed on a tiny island …
Have you ever heard of the fluorescent plankton that lurks out in deep waters? The kind that lights up and glitters when you move through the water? To those who haven’t it may sound like some exotic magical occurrence, and even though I had vaguely heard of it, I had never quite fathomed what it would look like. But lo and behold, on my recent trip to Thailand I got …
*Sigh*. The Andaman Coast along the province of Krabi, Thailand… full of beautiful sandy beaches, warm calm turquoise waters, heat-stroke inducing sun, tropical landscapes and most magnificently, the incredible limestone geology that results in high and sporadic rugged yellowed cliffs leaping out of the ground!
What a place!
I’ve always carried fond memories of the Krabi province from my initial visit three years ago as it was the area that really got …
