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 […]
How is Couchsurfing in India in 2019? I have used Couchsurfing for well over a decade, starting in 2007, when I moved to China to be an Italian teacher. Back then, the community was far from the free-bed-for-all, corporate-driven monster it has become today — regardless, we have been using […]
Northeast India is a very different, special corner of India that still makes it on few people’s itineraries. Surprisingly enough, because the region’s infrastructure is booming these days, and begging to be discovered. The formerly inaccessible border between India and Myanmar is finally open to foreign tourists in both Manipur […]
Cycling Malaysia is a great way to see the country, and yet, only a few people dare explore what lies on the backroads between Kuala Lumpur and Penang. We can guarantee that, besides well-known tourist stops like the Cameron Highlands and Ipoh, there’s much more that’s worth discovering in the […]
