I have been hiking through the Alps in Austria for the past month. We traversed over a glacier, mildly missed an avalanche, clamoured across vertical slopes, and slept 1,000 metres underground in a cave. In […]
Buenas noches Peru!
Whistles as sharp as a soprano direct vehicles that dart from treacherously narrow cobblestone roads. There’s screeching of breaks and hammering of horns, but our driver from Sam Travel Peru is undeterred. After all, it’s […]
Hiking the remote Andes
Children flash shimmering snow-capped teeth upon our arrival and come running to see what we bring. It’s one of the most isolated indigenous communities in Peru, which only sees a trickle of tourists pass through its […]
Making of Manannán
My mythical story is based on St. Patrick’s Isle, a tidal island off the west coast of the Isle of Man, where the remnants of the Vikings and Celts can still be seen to this […]
Wildlife Safari in Cuba
We sailed away to tropical Cayo Saetia. The island used to be the private holiday home of Fidel Castro and family, until 1994 when they stopped coming. You can now tour the island by Jeep […]
Confederation Bridge during a snowstorm
Driving over the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world – Confederation Bridge. The bridge connects Prince Edward Island to the mainland of Canada, spanning the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait. It takes […]
Transparent fish in Cuba
The strange, but friendly transparent fish that could be found swimming along the shoreline of Holguin in Cuba.
The reason why I write
Around 18 years ago my dad was writing pages of his life…I plan to eventually finish that off in a book. An excerpt from my dad’s story goes: My mom Alice came rushing in and […]
The truth about moving abroad
“Doesn’t this country have milk?” I said rather loudly while feverishly scanning every aisle of the grocery store, stopping customers dead in their tracks. Then a man going about his business extended his tanned brawny […]
