If we were playing the game word association 10 years ago, and the original word was Sumatra, I’d use the word Tigers as my associating word.As I started to travel, that changed to orangutans as I became familiar with Bukit Lawang. And now also, Ketambe....
As this site changes focus to sports, I find myself researching destinations in advance slightly differently. The fact I’m researching in advance is a bit strange for me as I usually wing it, but I find I need to dig a bit deeper to find exactly what I want now....
I was familiar with 3-on-3 basketball but was stunned when the tournament MC mentioned that we were watching one of the new sports to be added to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. An hour earlier, I was on the way to a cafe in Riga when distant chants of ‘Latvia, Latvia,...
Travelling on a budget? Then like me, you’ll always open up your preferred booking app/website and sort by prices low to high.You then spend way too much finding the cheapest hostels in Europe. Country by country. Days later you forget what the low end of hostel...
I remember when I first discovered travel blogs and one of the first was eTramping blog. I didn’t take a close look but assumed it was about tramping (New Zealand’s word for hiking) around the world. Turns out eTramping founders, Agness and Cez, are budget...
When people are heading to New Zealand I naturally get asked where to go. It’s cool, I get it. Planning your New Zealand road trip itinerary is important to you. New Zealand is a once in a lifetime destination & you don’t want to waste any time while...