Posts tagged travel diaries

A holiday with a young child can be a hit or miss and my husband and I weren’t sure how a trip to Hanoi would work out with our six-year-old son in tow. As it turned out, there are many …

If I were to pick a city in Malaysia, I would choose Penang, any day. It’s so diverse. There is a lot to do, beyond just museums and food. This melting pot of cultures incorporates a unified blend of Chinese, …

Every journey has something to impart. On hindsight, there was much to learn from my Siem Reap trip in the war-ravaged yet beautiful Cambodia. What was supposed to be a respite from mundane daily routines turned out to be a …

My solo trip to Europe kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal. It’s an underrated destination in Europe, like a little sister to Spain. I’m a fan of exploring these secondary less-familiar destinations —  there’s room to be surprised, there’s room to …

I went back to Japan at the end of sakura season in 2015. It was a trip with a few friends and we were on our final day in Osaka before catching a flight to Tokyo the next day. We …

By Darren – I used to hate travelling. I never understood why people would actively choose to leave the familiar comfort of their own homes and venture into the unknown, punctuated by endless hours of bus rides and air travel …

By Little Miss Bento – Known as the Little Kyoto, Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa prefecture. Filled with beautiful historical houses, geisha and samurai districts, traditional arts and handicrafts and beautifully preserved gardens, Kanazawa is one of the …

For anyone who is a foodie with a taste for Singaporean dishes, mark the Balestier Heritage Trail on your map of places to go for fatty-bom-bom weekend adventures. As the name suggests, the Balestier heritage trail features a stretch of buildings …

 The Darker Side of Travel It’s one of the harsh realities for those of us who have chosen to live far from where we were born: when a loved one dies overseas, do we drop everything and go? As I found …

Every year, Tripadvisor releases a list of Top Hotels in the World chosen by travellers. Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur is a grand hotel ranked the No. 1 best hotel in the world on Tripadvisor’s list in 2016. Expedia sent Indian travel blogger …