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London had always struck me as the kind of the city where you could spend a small fortune seeing all the sights – until I actually visited it that is! I managed to cram in a plethora of fascinating attractions on a shoestring budget and had a few memorable London nights on the cheap. The [...]
I whipped up a new segment here titled “Ask the Nomads” wherein I’ll be asking the point of views of our favorite travel bloggers about various travel related topics that sometimes I personally wonder about. For the month of June, I asked seven travel bloggers: “Why do you think tourists are hesitant to travel to [...]
I’ve always been somewhat allergic to the package holiday and as a consequence have, in the past, stayed away from destinations that are more favoured as such. However, in recent years a couple of places have really surprised me and in a very pleasant way. One of those places is Cape Verde. A tiny horseshoe [...]
I was surprised when I went back to Hanoi and stayed for eleven days that I noticed the number of walking vendors carrying heavy “quang ganh ”(two baskets hanging on a wooden pole) on their shoulders. I wonder why I didn’t noticed them on my first visit last 2009, maybe because I was too busy [...]
I was browsing Twitter when I came across a Tweet that captured my attention. It’s about Keiichi “Kei” Iwasaki, a Japanese guy who left his home with only $2 in his pocket and biked his way around the world. I immediately clicked on the link that lead me to National Geographic webpage and read the [...]
I’ve seen the water puppet show the last time I was here in Hanoi and I felt the urge to see it again. This was the highlight of my last visit to Hanoi and I really enjoyed it a lot. Thang Long Water Puppet Theater can be found at 57B Dinh Tien Hoang Street (Old [...]
Southeast Asia is pretty much a safe place to travel. There are so many independent travellers from different countries travelling around Southeast Asia and a lot of them never had a major hassle on their travels. I travelled on my own in Southeast Asia for five weeks before I went to China, India and Nepal [...]
It all started with Facebook. I saw Ms. Gina’s ‘FB like” in one of my travel photos and checked her profile out. I was amazed with the pic where their background seemed to be Mt. Everest. Without hesitation I contacted Ms. Gina and asked her about it. And it was indeed Mt. Everest. I was [...]
My destination, Mallorca has everything you can want from a good holiday; sun, sea, sand and great…food. Now admit it that wasn’t the end to that sentence you expected. But there really are some excellent Mallorca restaurants to be found all over the island, from the mainstream pub down the street serving pseudo British pub [...]
If there’s one word that I can best associate with Hanoi, it’s shopping. The Old Quarter is full of small shops that will surely wake up your shopaholic genes. Here’s a list of some of the streets and the products that you’ll usually find in there. Nha Ching: Tourists Shops, Boutiques and Tailors Hang Ma: [...]
