The Indian City, Kolkata, Popularly Addressed as "The City of Joy"

Indeed, a very long time has passed since a travel blog was added to my list. Well, the reason behind the lag is obvious. Yes, you guessed it right... The Grand Arrival of Novel Coronavirus from...

Solo Travel in a Foreign-Speaking Country

Q: How do you travel alone without speaking the local language? A: Time to get scrappy! The level of difficulty that comes from traveling to a foreign-speaking country is a BROAD spectrum. ...

Taste of A Place - Amsterdam Like A Local

I once visited Amsterdam as a student. My friend Max and I hitchiked there from Wolves Poly for a weekend. As the saying goes “the bits I can remember are unforgettable…” Those bits were...

Christmas Markets - a Big Mistake?

Christmas Markets are a very popular early winter river cruise destinations in the EU, and I have done that. We visited Easter markets on an early spring river cruise... We have been to about...

Travel Barcelona Like a Local

A week in Barcelona went by in no time at all, or maybe I was just so busy doing things and discovering the city. Barcelona surely has a lot to offer! Within a week I grew familiar with various...

Why Locals Make Better Friends Than Other Tourists

Travel, in all its forms, much like anything else has its own pros and cons, and there are so many ways we can navigate our way around the planet. When we start to consider which way of...