CANADA | Monday, 29 Dec 2014 | Views [452]
I love lone traveling because you can be anyone and no one at the same time. Anonymity is a beautiful but lonely state of being. Your past is irrelevant, your future is tenuous. You live on the edge, not knowing what the future holds, feeling anxious ... Read more >
Tags: alone, anonymity, future, lone travel, love, solo, wanderlusting
GREECE | Sunday, 8 Jun 2014 | Views [444] | Comments [2]
The touristy-part of Athens is scattered with ancient ruins and restaurants with all the mouth-watering foods that beg me to be a fatty: moussaka, stuffed vine leaves, stuffed tomatoes, gyros, baklava - and that’s only to name a few. It ... Read more >
Tags: ancient, athens, food, greece, greeks, ruins, wine
CHINA | Friday, 6 Jun 2014 | Views [573]
Shanghai was bustling and busy but had a beautifully frenetic vibe about it - the city was alive with people. A lot of people. The expat culture was also youthful and vibrant. I could tell this was a place of abundant opportunity - people came ... Read more >
Tags: alcohol, architecture, big city, expats, restaurants, shanghai
VIETNAM | Friday, 30 May 2014 | Views [510]
Sky scraping mountains erupted from the calm bay and were scattered about as far as my eyes could see. I couldn’t fathom how far Halong Bay stretched on for as we cruised throughout its vastness. The sheer size put me in awe and made me ... Read more >
Tags: boat tour, halong bay, hiking, kayaking, mountains, national park, villages
VIETNAM | Saturday, 17 May 2014 | Views [611]
The Citadel in Hue is one of the most beautiful places I have had the opportunity to explore. It has been ravaged by war, but there has been some effort to restore it to its former glory. I can't help but observe the contradiction between ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, culture, hue, royalty
VIETNAM | Friday, 16 May 2014 | Views [473]
Hoi An is everything I remember it to be: wistful, relaxed and latern lined. It is a bit more touristy than it was years ago, but I think that is inevitable. I only spent a day in Hoi An, since I had been there before and was keen to keep moving ... Read more >
Tags: dresses, food poisoning, hoi an, laterns, tailor, tourists
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 16 May 2014 | Views [701]
1. All Asian countries have their "own time" when doing things. A bus meant to leave at 8am will most probably not leave at 8am . It might leave at 8.30am . It might leave at 9am . Accept that lateness is ... Read more >
Tags: airports, asia, backpacking, bartering, dorms, drinking, lessons, sleeper buses, tips, toasties
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 14 May 2014 | Views [502] | Comments [2]
I savour the taste of the Vietnamese coffee. It is nutty and sweet and strong but not bitter at all. I sip it slowly because every mouthful gives me brief moments of bountiful happiness. The dry iced coffee is also a welcome contradiction ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, coffee, nha trang, scooters, traffic
VIETNAM | Sunday, 11 May 2014 | Views [420] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Sweat poured down my face and coated my entire body. It was the type of air that you are cocooned in: no matter how many deep breaths you take, you feel like you are slowly suffocating. We cruised along the Mekong Delta, I watched the people who lived ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 5 May 2014 | Views [451]
Manilla is a strange place. Admittedly, I only ventured outside the city once to a place called Tagatay, which had amazing views and an even more amazing zip-line you could ride to take full advantage of the views. What a rush. Perhaps if I had ventured ... Read more >
Tags: american culture, manilla, restaurants, shopping
THAILAND | Monday, 28 Apr 2014 | Views [521]
How do you know when you're a traveller? You lose track of time. Time, date, day, year, it all becomes irrelevant - you just live each day as it comes. Each day is a new day, or a new adventure, or just time ticking by. Time stretches and ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, existing, fish, island, ocean, paradise, snorkelling, time
THAILAND | Saturday, 26 Apr 2014 | Views [439]
The smells are what get me traveling around Thailand. They are so foreign to my nostrils and I can't work out whether they are offensive or not. The smells hit you like a brick wall when you're walking down the small streets. Then will dissapear ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, drinking, money, smells, thailand
THAILAND | Wednesday, 23 Apr 2014 | Views [524]
The last few days have been a blur. We spent two nights on Koh Phi Phi, which is probably the biggest party island of all the Thai Islands. But strangely enough, we found it weirdly anti-social. I made an English friend, Nia, in Phuket and ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, fire show, fluro, half moon party, partying, thailand
THAILAND | Thursday, 17 Apr 2014 | Views [487]
I arrived in Phuket in the bleary-eyed early hours of the day, I wasn't excited, I was nervous. I hadn't really slept on the midnight flight - there was a man next to me snoring like a freight train. His snore was so loud it blocked out the sound of ... Read more >
Tags: bangala road, partying, patong beach, phuket
