“What’s the first thing you are going to eat when you get back?” I asked Dan while we waited for our flight to Hanoi. “Fried eel soup.” Dan said this without missing a beat. He said it like he had already thought of this, and I asked him because I knew he would be the […]
Hotel Review: Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Jaipur, India
[Edit: The Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Jaipur has since been rebranded as Hotel Radisson Jaipur City Center. This review remains as an archive.] Hotel Name: Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Jaipur Address: Khasa Kothi Circle, M I Road, Jaipur, India I stayed at the Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Jaipur as […]
Notes on Jaipur: forts and palaces
I came to Jaipur in 2011 and I had Delhi belly (I had just come from Delhi and got sick when I arrived, so I’m calling it Delhi). As a result, I didn’t see much of Jaipur the first time around, so now I had the chance to see what I missed. Forts and Palaces […]
Hotel Review: Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach, Phuket – Thailand
EDIT: The Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket has been taken over by AccorHotels and was rebranded as the Pullman Phuket Panwa Beach Resort in April 2016. This article is left online as an archive. Hotel Name: Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach Address: 44/5 Moo 8 Sakdidesh Road, Panwa Cape, Phuket, Thailand I stayed […]
Notes on Davao: business and beaches in the south of the Philippines
Where is Davao anyway? I don’t recall knowing of Davao until a couple of years ago. I think I knew it was in the Philippines but I definitely had to look on the map. For me, Davao was put on the map by Justin and Joe from the Empire Flippers (then known as Adsense Flippers); […]
Best cafes in Hanoi
Following up on my guide to cafes in Ho Chi Minh City I now present my guide to cafes in Hanoi. In my previous cafe reports I have usually had at least a month to try out the cafes of each city. My trip to Hanoi was for one week, so this meant I had […]
Notes on Caye Caulker
Escape from Belize City Belize was my first foray in Central America, and after a month of travel in North America, it was good to be back in the tropics and visiting a new country. To get to Caye Caulker I had to go via Belize City. Everyone I’ve met who has ever been to […]
In Pictures: Beautiful buildings of Detroit
Detroit?! You’re going to Detroit?! Why? This was the most common reaction I heard when detailing my US travel plans to Americans. Occasionally I would meet someone more curious who thought it was a good idea, but they were few and far between. They wanted to go for the same reason I did: ruin porn […]
Kindle Paperwhite Review – The ultimate travel e-reader
Continuing with the Travel Gear series, this is my review of the Kindle Paperwhite. My first e-book device was a Kobo, which turned me into an e-reader convert straight away. While I liked the size and weight of the Kobo, I found that there were books that weren’t in the Kobo store that was on […]
The Big Durian: Why first-timers to Durians and Jakarta should be with supervision
Jakarta is the city known as The Big Durian. Just like its fruity namesake, Jakarta has the ability to repulse first-time tasters and have them running, swearing never to return. I have tried durian a couple of times and I still haven’t acquired a taste for it. The last time I tried it made me […]
