Roadtrip Transport across Myanmar
Roadtrip across South Myanmar in a motorcycle, bus, train or taxi. Find out which transport is the best!
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A Guide to Indian Weddings for Foreigners
Indian weddings are one of the richest cultural experiences filled with colours, ornately beautiful dresses, Hindi music, Bollywood dancing, delicious food, hearty laughters and meaningful traditions. For a culture enthusiast like myself, going to A Big Fat Indian Wedding has been on my bucketlist ever since forever! Just my luck, a good friend from college …
How Volunteering in India Changed My Life: Part 2
Volunteering to teach underprivileged children in the Indian desert was one of the defining travels of my life. That experience has shattered my concept of reality, which will eventually lead to my experience with mild Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To read Part 1 of the experience, click here. The Place of Women in Society Widows, …
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How Volunteering In India Changed My Life: Part 1
My first journey to India has been life-changing, and till this day holds the most significance compared to my other trips. Why? Because not only the trip to India shattered what reality meant for me, but upon returning from it, I suffered from mild Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), leaving me feeling sad, guilty, numb and …
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Part 2: The Noob’s Motorcycle Diaries – Mae Hong Son Loop
After our eventful first leg, the motorcycle adventure continues! Day 2: Mae Sariang –> Mae Hong Son (163 kms) On the second leg of our journey, the surroundings started to become harsher. Landscapes converted from green to orange and dried leaves scattered the forest floors. Some parts of the forest were even …
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Part 1: The Noob’s Motorcycle Diaries -Mae Hong Son Loop
With the mention of The Motorcycle Diaries, Che Guevara’s epic 9 month motorcycling journey across 28 South American towns comes to mind – popularized by a 2004 movie with the same name. Not nearly as epic, yet thrilling nonetheless, was The Exploring Engineers’ 5 day motorcycling trip traversing through northern Thailand mountains.
Journeys in Japan: Onsen-Hopping
Naturally hot waters flowing from geothermally heated springs rich in mineral content with mystical healing powers – a one-sentence textbook description of Onsens. Wikipedia could have told you that, but I am not here to be a parrot regurgitating facts. Allow me to take you into the world of onsens, from a foreigner’s standpoint with …
Musing over Malaysia in Kapas Island
A genuine tropical paradise, Kapas Island lies on the East coast of Terengganu, a state in the North-East of Malaysia. The island derived its name from the Malay word “Kapas” which means “Cotton” due to its soft cotton-like sands. White-sandy beaches stretching over a kilometre long, it is the less touristy version of its neighbours, Redang …