Travel Interlude: The Only Black Person on The Planet (Sapa)

I would like to note that this blog piece is specific to my experience in northern Vietnam; specifically Hanoi, Cat Ba, and Sapa. There are plenty of people of color who have traveled to these...

Day trip from Paris: Giverny

An other good trip idea if you are in Paris and looking for a day trip away from the city. It is a fantastic place for nature lovers and who are looking for a peaceful gateway. Giverny is the...

An Introduction to Jakarta - Get an Idea before you visit

Rachael and I (Arran) are qualified teachers back in the UK. We lived in London for 2 years and decided to pack up and see the South East Asia. The border of Central and North Jakarta. Jakarta...

Cebu City to Oslob: A Backpacker’s Aficionado

The airport reeks of leaking gasoline. I was warned about the various olfactory stimulants in this town, but wasn’t expecting them immediately after disembarking from the plane. The morning has...

The Ultimate Guide to the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is far from being just a wall that can be seen from the cosmos. It’s a state of mind. After hundreds of years when emperors from countless Chinese dynasties made gates...

Reading Recommendations from A Bag Lady

Words have always fascinated me. In my adolescents, I would often ponder the origin of words, their invention, how they were formulated. Whose jobs was it to construct the alphabet or to decide which...