Consumer protection when travelling in Hong Kong

Do you feel somehow being taken advantage by some shops in Hong Kong when traveling especially Ladies Street and Temple Street in Mong Kok? Ladies Street, Temple Street and Jade Market is very...

Dealing with corrupt Ukrainian police

The first rule when travelling in Ukraine is to keep your passport with you at all times, it's the law. Not having your passport with you can serve as an excuse to corrupted police officers to get...

The Istanbul Taksim Square Shoe Shine Scammers!

Unlucky us we got scammed! We have to give the shoe shine guy a money before we got in trouble, and followed by him and his fellow shoe shine scammers! One guy accidentally dropped his shoe brush...

How to Get the Legalities Out of the Way Before a Trip Abroad

When you're planning a trip, the last thing you want to worry about is legal paperwork. However, if you don't take care of the legalities ahead of time, you could find yourself in trouble while on...

The Istanbul Shoe Shine Scam

Our hotel was 2 blocks form Taksim Square, a hot bed of restaurants in Istanbul, so we walked out for dinner. On the way back to our hotel, an intererent shoe shine guy was walking just a head of us...

9 Things You Need to Know About Phuket Sandbox

Starting July 1, 2021, Thailand becomes the first major Asian country to welcome international tourists - albeit only to its island paradise Phuket along with a slew of strings attached. So gone are...