Mongolia’s three manly sports
The Rio Olympics may be all the rage now, but Mongolia also recently held its own sporting extravaganza…
Murder in Saigon
It’s about 9am, and we had just arrived at a crime scene in Ho Chi Minh City’s Chinatown.…
Pyongyang in pictures
I was lucky enough to be in Pyongyang during last October’s massive military parade to mark the 70th…
Spur-of-the-moment trips
It was the end of a busy period for me, and I decided that I needed a break.…
Low season travel
It was the Labour Day holiday in China and I had expected crowds. But I had not expected…
5 UNESCO sites in Southeast Asia to visit
Southeast Asia does have its fair share of UNESCO World Heritage sites – 33 as of now. Indonesia…
Such a let down
The queue to enter the Taj Mahal was growing by the minute. We were the first in line,…
Hiroshima – Rising from the ashes
The sudden downpour caught us by surprise. Scrambling through the neon-soaked streets of Hiroshima to seek shelter, it…
The big Grad Trip
My big graduation trip came by rather unexpectedly. I mean, I was hoping that I could travel a…
Journeying on the Silk Road
Beads of perspiration dripped from my face as the harsh desert sun beat down relentlessly. Looking back to…