You know what? The problem with traveling to Sabah is that people always stick to the same well-oiled tourist spots, without taking time to explore some of the best alternative tours in Sabah. For example, the southeastern corner of Sabah, has a lot of great places to see, like the […]
Think of Borneo, and the usual images of steamy tropical jungles, murky rivers, beautiful and ancient forests (read about our hiking experience at Tawau Hills Park and the Sungai Kapur Borneo River Safari), and wild adventures will come to mind. For many, a trip to Borneo means looking for wildlife, and, […]
What are the best activities in Tawau? Well, for sure, hiking in the Borneo rainforest: Tawau Hills Park is Sabah’s southernmost forest reserve, situated about 20km north of Tawau town. It’s still an offbeat destination that few travelers to Sabah visit — likewise, you should check our guides to a […]
We are surprised that, with such a bounty of wildlife, Tangkoko national park in North Sulawesi still remains such an offbeat nature reserve in Indonesia. It’s one of those forest reserves, like the Tawau Hills Park in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, that really deserves to be better known — also don’t […]
The Taj Mahal, Delhi’s forts and North Indian Hill Stations such as Manali are among the many unmissable places on any India bucket list. True, they are famous… but are they really unmissable? When it comes to dealing with huge crowds, congested festival seasons, and overpriced accommodation, I and Kit […]
If you read this blog, you should know that myself and Kit are a biracial couple. Yep, one of those “Asian girl marrying white guy” success stories, if I may say. We had our interracial marriage in Italy, and then re-registered our wedding under Malaysian law. We totally got hitched. […]
Backpacking Northeast India should be on top of any unexplored India bucket list. The region, affectionately called “Seven Sisters”, is actually made up of 8 states — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim — which are truly diverse not only from the rest of mainland India, […]
First of all, let me ask the main question: is it safe to travel to Pakistan now? Short answer: yes, pretty much. Pakistan is no longer the “danger zone” it used to be since the 9/11 attacks in the United States and the ensuing rise of the Taliban regime in […]
Her face was as red as a tomato, veins bulging at the sides of her forehead, deep fatigue cracking her breath like a bad stammer problem. “How long more do I have to the top?” Every Indian and foreign tourist seemed to ask me the same question as we crossed […]
