Before any hardcore travelers start screaming about slow travel being the best, yes, I know a 6 day Laos itinerary isn’t enough. But we have jobs, we have cats, we have a bag of tomatoes in the fridge fast going soft, and we don’t have time for a three-month backpacking jaunt across Southeast Asia. So…
There are some things in life that are universally liked by everyone. Sunsets, unconditional love, fart jokes. Those are the big three. And elephants. I had the extreme pleasure of visiting an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here’s what happened. Preparing for the Visit If you’re planning a visit to Chiang Mai, you have…
Today we’re continuing our journey across Singapore as part of the coast-to-coast trail. If you need to catch up, check out checkpoint 1 here (featuring Jurong Lake Gardens) and checkpoint 2 here (Bukit Batok Nature Park). But I’ll be honest with you, friend, checkpoint 3 is for the die-hard fans only. If you’re here looking…
Singapore’s coast-to-coast trail is a 36km route from (almost) one side of Singapore to another. Today we’re covering checkpoint 2, the 2km from Bukit Batok Nature Park to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. If you missed the start of the journey, catch up here! Bukit Batok Nature Park Checkpoint 2 of the coast-to-coast trail is right…
The most beautiful street in Singapore is Koon Seng Road. Beauty is subjective of course. One person’s Mona Lisa is another person’s steaming pile of hot garbage. One person’s steaming pile of hot garbage is another person’s Mona Lisa. But let’s be real here. The Peranakan shophouse above is beautiful. It’s colourful, it’s ornate, it…
No one wants to visit Brunei, and I mean that almost literally. It’s one of the world’s least visited countries. But it’s been very close to the top of my list to visit for a while now, first as a joke and now as a legitimate “as soon as I can, I’m gosh darn well…
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in the very northwest of Singapore really puts the wild in wildlife. Crocodiles, mudskippers, monitor lizards, and, err, onions, this part of Singapore is one of the best escapes into nature you can get without leaving the country. My phone didn’t agree with that last part. After I’d taken a bus…
Below are 6 incredible examples of unique architecture in Singapore. From garden hotels to fruity shopping malls to bridges that look like worms, there’s really something for all tastes here. The Interlace Buro Ole Scheeren, architect of The Interlace, must be a younger sibling. I say that because The Interlace is made of LEGO, and…
You’re stuck at home right now, wishing you could be somewhere – nay, anywhere – else. Unfortunately, travel isn’t possible given the current state of everything. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be planning things for the future. Here are 4 bucket list trips you should be planning right now. A Great American Road Trip…
It was a glorious day of bright sunshine and fluffy blue clouds, and I was headed to the Killing Fields of Cambodia. Locals relaxed inside their shaded moped tuk-tuks or stood smiling beside carts of ice-cold water and Coke; tourists meandered around the streets, cameras swinging around their necks; even the man in the hostel…