TRAVEL DIARY: Pisa, Italy
Pisa – a city of just under 100,000 people is by far the most boring place I have been in Italy. Besides the Piazza Dei Miracoli – a small square … Continue reading
MY TRAVEL DIARY: upside down house of Borneo
OK. I can’t really call it travel in my usual sense. This was work related … and let’s just say, I was bored bonkers out of my brains and tacky would … Continue reading
i love boutique hotels: Ipoh, Perak, MALAYSIA
+/- five years ago I called my dad up for lunch in a typical sweltering hot under the zinc roofing type of makeshift restaurant that always seems to serve the … Continue reading
TRAVEL DIARY: Sunday, Day 9 – Prison Camp in Moyale, Kenya
ahhh … more border towns. However, this is the real border town as oppose to the earlier mentioned Marsabit. This is one that is literally cut into half; Kenya’s Moyale and … Continue reading
TRAVEL DIARY: Day 5 – Mt Kenya {the foot at least …}
………………… … or truthfully … very, very far from the foot of Mt Kenya! We started moving at 6:35 am to be precise. The time when the sun rises in this part … Continue reading
TRAVEL DIARY: Lancome saved my face!
I’ve not done this for more than 10 years. Idling. Taking the scenery in. Noting the unfamiliar noises in the background. The murmurs of locals and travelers alike. Travelers. Not … Continue reading
TRAVEL DIARY: Overweight or Security? in the wake of terror attacks …
“Excess baggage ma’am,” said the check-in guy. “6 kilos. Three hundred rupees per kilo,” he continues while my brain launches into an impromptu calculator. “What?!? No. No. No. Too much. Don’t have so … Continue reading
MY TRAVEL DIARY: I’m in an intellectual desert!
It’s tough being a travelling geek being shoved into 5-star hotels without a computer and/ or free WiFi. There, I’ve said it out loud. I AM A GEEK. That doesn’t … Continue reading
MY TRAVEL DIARY: back at ‘base camp’
Ahhh… something needs to be said about the ‘base camp’ that makes it the greatest place ever to come to when I’m in Europe: it’s along the Piccadilly line. That means … Continue reading
MY TRAVEL DIARY: waterfall rappelling in Malaysia!!!
For those who REALLY know me, you must be grinning and shaking your head. Bemused. Shrugging your shoulders. Not surprised. Yes, this is SO typical of me. To plunge into something I am totally clueless, … Continue reading