Hotel Name: Pula Center Apartments and Rooms. Address: Mletacka ul. 10, Pula, Croatia. I stayed at Pula Center Apartments and Rooms in Pula, Croatia. I booked online at the rate of €28 per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Pula. Pula has a population of just under 60,000 people, so […]
Apartment Review: Apartman Hajdo Rijeka Centar, Rijeka – Croatia
Hotel Name: Apartman Hajdo Rijeka Centar. Address: Zdenka Petranovica 5, Rijeka, Croatia. I stayed at Apartman Hajdo Rijeka Centar in Rijeka, Croatia. I booked online at the rate of €29.70 per night, and I booked it for its location and price in Rijeka. I was unfamiliar with Rijeka so I didn’t know the best area […]
Apartment Review: Apartment Lana, Zagreb – Croatia
Hotel Name: Apartment Lana. Address: 35 Gunduliceva Ulica, Lower Town, Zagreb, Croatia. I stayed at Apartment Lana in Zagreb, Croatia. I booked online at the rate of €35 per night, and I booked it for its location and price in Zagreb. Apartment Lana is on Gunduliceva Ulica (street), which is centrally located in the Lower […]
Hostel Review: HI Hostel Zagreb
Hotel Name: HI Hostel Zagreb. Address: Petrinjska 77, Lower Town, Zagreb, Croatia. I stayed at the HI Hostel Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. I booked online at the rate of €36.80 per night for a private room, and I selected it for its price and location in Zagreb. I’ve stayed at countless HI Hostels over the […]
Flight Review: Croatia Airlines – Munich to Zagreb
Flight: Croatia Airlines OU 4437 From: Munich (MUC) To: Zagreb (ZAG) I flew with Croatia Airlines from Munich to Zagreb. This was the third leg of my trip from Vietnam to Croatia, with the first two flights being Saigon to Singapore to Munich with Singapore Airlines. I used Skyscanner to compare different flight combinations, and […]
Flying with Singapore Airlines during the pandemic – SGN-SIN-MUC flight review
Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 183 From: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) To: Singapore (SIN) Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 328 From: Singapore (SIN) To: Munich (MUC) It had been over 17 months since I had taken an international flight, which is the longest I’ve gone without an international flight since living the expat life in 1999. […]
Pham Viet Chanh – The coolest street in Saigon
Pham Viet Chanh Street and Ward 19 in Binh Thanh District has emerged to become one of the coolest neighbourhoods in Ho Chi Minh City. This up-and-coming area next to District 1 could be described as the Brooklyn of Saigon. Ward 19, Binh Thanh District, HCMC Travel readers would be familiar with the annual “best of” […]
Best new banks for travellers, expats, and nomads
A guide to new world of banking and finance – direct banks, international transfers, mobile wallets, crypto exchanges, and other online investing platforms I often grumble about the high fees associated with international banking when travelling abroad (especially with Australian banks), so I’ve been looking around at banking alternatives. Changing bank accounts is not something […]
Europe Rail News – The new newsletter for train travel in Europe
Introducing my latest project: Europe Rail News – the newsletter for train travel in Europe. The newsletter includes new routes, service updates, train travel tips, ticket deals, and features on European destinations by railway. Why start a Europe rail news site? Nomadic Notes is my online home to write about travel and digital nomad life. […]
Visiting every province in Vietnam
Having been based in Vietnam off and on for a number of years, I have been to most of the main tourist hot spots in that time. When the world went crazy in March 2020, I came back to Vietnam knowing that travel international travel was not going to get back to normal anytime soon. […]
