Travel

While strolling through the Asian Civilisations Museum in the heart of colonial-era Singapore, I happened across the use of B.C when referring to the year an ancient bronze representation of Buddha was created. Which got me thinking: isn’t it odd that a Christian counting system is here, halfway across the…

What I’m doing and how I got here — Preface I’ve recently relocated to Barcelona to spend a month remote working. As someone who explicitly goes out to exercise everyday and eats somewhat restrictively, I find it challenging to change my living environment and retain the same regime. This blog details the methodology behind adapting my lifestyle to fit my…

It’s clear, now that Covid restrictions have been lifted around the world, we’ve all contracted the so-called ‘travel bug’. All of us developing a sudden yearning to go off and explore the world around us and experience different cultures in places we’ve never even dreamt of before. And of course…

Having worker strikes is a normal part of living in a democracy, but we experienced the extreme of it — The first sign: Lima closed down for 24 hours We spend 1.5 months in Peru and most of it in Lima, the capital city. One morning we woke up to the news, that the strikes got violent and several people died, so the prime minister ordered a 24-hour curfew for the whole city. Not even the food delivery services…

A short travel story about my trip to Cyprus and the TRNC. Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean with a Greek majority population, but few know that it is the only remaining country in Europe with a divided capital. While the whole country technically belongs to the Republic of…

Backstory In late 2017, I was going through a breakup with the first person I ever loved. It hurt. Around that time, an old friend was working at Intrepid Travel and sent me an article that was written about their cycle Tanzania trip. I remember how the first photo took my…