Tenerife Siam Park 🌊 An Outing not to be Missed

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It’s a curious thing, this business of being crowned the ‘World’s No 1 Water Park’. It conjures images of some adjudicating body meticulously measuring the incline of every ride and the structural integrity of every wave. But honestly, when you arrive at Siam Park in Tenerife, even a grouch like myself has to admit they’ve

Borneo’s Kinabalu Climb 🧗‍♀️ What Happens Before the Summit Push

It is often said that preparation is everything. This, I find, is a wonderfully optimistic sentiment usually spouted by people whose biggest adventure that day involves finding the matching sock. As for us? We had indeed prepared, arranging our assault on Mount Kinabalu six months in advance with Amazing Borneo Tours. They are veterans of

Boquete Mountain Trails 🥾 Dangers & Precautions

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When the name Boquete is mentioned, one immediately conjures up visions of steaming coffee, rolling green hills, and that particular brand of jungle chic that seems to attract the more adventurous among us. It’s certainly got the lot: the breathtaking vistas, the air so clean it practically snaps, and trails just begging you to strap

Rome 🍝 Inexpensive Start for Long-Haul Flights

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This much we know: there are few things more soul-destroying than staring down the barrel of a ten-hour flight, knowing you’ve just haemorrhaged a small fortune for the privilege of being crammed into a glorified tin can. Travel, as they say, is widening, but it’s not just your wallet that feels the squeeze. That’s why,

Georgetown Penang 🧨 A Cultural Smorgasbord

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When you first set foot in Georgetown, it doesn’t immediately scream “UNESCO World Heritage Site.” It murmurs it, perhaps, from beneath a heavy layer of tropical humidity and the faint, persistent smell of frying things. Yet, this captivating speck of humanity in Penang is exactly that: a certified cultural oddity where the old, the even

Your Guide to Affordable Guesthouses in Karimunjawa 🏝️ Indonesia

We traveled to this remote Indonesian speck fully expecting a touch of the rough-and-tumble. Karimunjawa, a collection of islands that sounds vaguely like a sneeze, is a place where the guesthouses are many, ranging from the genuinely charming to the ones that make you consider sleeping on the beach. During our stay, we tried out

Experience India’s Best Beaches ⛱️ Goa’s Beach Hopping Trail

Our modus operandi, when confronted with a stretch of sand in Asia, has long been the beach hop. A lightweight rucksack, a sensible hat, enough water to rehydrate a small camel, and the eternal, optimistic question: what lies beyond that distant, rocky outcrop? We’ve flogged ourselves up and down coastlines in Panama, Sri Lanka and

In the Philippines Karaoke is King 🎤

We’ve travelled a bit, seen a few things, and eaten some truly alarming street food, but nothing prepared us for the sheer, unrelenting auditory experience that is Filipino karaoke. In the heart of the Philippines, where the hospitality could thaw an iceberg, there exists a singular, booming truth: Music is not a background activity; it

Venice Off Season 🎭 Save Time & Money

It is an absolute truth, universally acknowledged, that an ostensibly cheap trip to Venice hides a multitude of sins—or, at the very least, a multitude of unforeseen expenses. So how much should a short 2-night break in Venice off season really cost? Highlights The €30 Flight & the €100 Taxi 🚕 Picking Your Venetian Moment

Death in Lembongan Indonesia ⚱️

It’s a peculiar thing. You spend your tropical Indonesian tour chasing sunsets and trying not to fall off a scooter, only to find yourself invited to a funeral. In fairness, the invitation was to a cremation ceremony, which sounds infinitely more dramatic – A Balinese send-off on the tiny Indonesian island of Lembongan. It’s certainly not