The Sri Lanka high country was a sharp contrast to our time on the coast – the area is cooler and the history is rich in colonial history – tea plantations, past-era elegance and waterfallsContinue reading
Safari through Yala National Park
Yala National Park, sitting 260km south east of Colombo, is a wildlife wonderland. The concentrated number of wildlife here allows a unique experience for visitors to get close to it’s most famous residents – includingContinue reading
Close encounters with Sabah Wildlife
The state of Sabah, Borneo, is home to one of the richest areas of wild fauna and flora in the world. Sir David Attenborough has visited more than once for his famous documentaries and theContinue reading
Top 5 Must Do’s for Visiting Havana
Havana, Cuba. A melting pot of culture and history, fixed in a permanent 1950’s time warp, unlike anywhere else on Earth. A visit to Cuba feels like one of the final frontiers for travel, asContinue reading
Tulum and the Best Cenotes in Playa Del Carmen
The Yucatan Peninsula boasts over has over 6,000 Cenotes, a cavernous shelter over a river system, with some of the best within driving distance of Playa Del Carmen. Tulum was our first stop, an ancientContinue reading
3 Days in Los Angeles
LA! I had finally made the time to stop in and check out this famous city. My younger brother had been living in LA the last year and a half and would play host forContinue reading
Conquering Mount Kinabalu
Mount Kinabalu, sitting at 4,095.2m (13,435 feet) in the Malaysian state of Sabah, is the highest peak in Malaysia, and had been on my to do list for years. Pre-Climb Mount Kinabalu is not theContinue reading
Gili Trawangan
Gili Trawangan, which makes up one of the three islands known as the ‘Gili Islands’ off the coast of Lombok, the others being Gili Air and Gili Meno, feels like what Bali must have beenContinue reading
Ubud
Ubud is the ultimate day trippers dream – waterfalls, temples, lush-green rice terraces and encounters with local monkeys, all make for a memorable day in the town of Ubud, Bali. An hours drive from Seminyak,Continue reading
New York – Part 2
Part two of my New York trip continues… For the Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend, we explored the ‘Highline’ of New York, that runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34thContinue reading