Where to stay in Singapore, you ask? Madly lovely wonderfully awesome Singapore. This city has been blessed with some of the world’s grooviest hotels. I spent a little weekend getaway at Hotel Jen Orchard Gateway, right along Orchard Road. Hotel Jen Orchardgateway …

Beer gardens might just be one of the greatest things invented. It’s beyond me why other cultures have not incorporated this way of using public space. I mean, if I lived in Munich, these would be the places where you’d …

St. Petersburg left me gobsmacked. The Russian metropolis turned out to be one of the trendiest cities on this very globe. Everyone around me looked flawless and everything around me found a way to fully grab my attention. It feels …

I find myself standing there in awe. Just staring at the remains of the Berlin Wall in the East Side Gallery. For years I’ve read about it in history books and watched movies and documentaries about it. The history behind …

I left my shoes in the hallway and jumped straight on to the hammock to admire the breathtaking view in front of me. Everywhere I looked, I could only see green trees and orangutans jumping from tree to another. It …

It’s not every morning that I get up at 3am to head out to a tuna auction. But in Tokyo, it’s well worth it. Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo is the world’s largest wholesale fish market. The market handles over …

Veera experiences a meaningful Christmas abroad, where volunteering in a Goan orphanage challenges her views on life.

Sometimes the hardest part about writing a story is thinking of its beginning. The beginning of a story should capture the readers’ attention. But it’s hard to decide where some stories even begin. Should I describe in detail the day …

I am standing there in my Keds shoes, covered in my Acne scarf, as the weather is getting colder. I’m holding tightly on my Macbook, waiting in line to order coffee. A bearded man with tattooed arms asks for my …

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I was born in such a magical place. I was born in a country covered in ice and snow. A country where wolves still run wild. And where you can travel for …