13th December 2017 / Plan, Solo tips, Solo travel, The art of travel / 8 comments

Intrepid Travel, the small-group adventure company, has just published an article listing 10 travel trends for 2018. I normally don’t pay much attention to trend forecasts, but most of these trends align so well with […]

29th November 2017 / Plan, The art of travel / 2 comments

It’s this time of year again, when most people in the Western world are out shopping for holiday gifts in crowded malls. This period of over-consumerism always makes me think of the #1 reason why […]

15th November 2017 / Asia, Destinations, Taiwan / 14 comments

If you read my monthly newsletter, you know that my next destination this winter will be Taiwan. This post explains why I’ve chosen to spend nearly a month (January 11 to February 5) in this […]

1st November 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Ireland / 0 comments

The Lonely Planet Ireland guidebook describes the town of Killarney as a “well-oiled tourism machine set in the middle of sublime scenery”. This seems to suggest that you should drop your bags and immediately jump […]

13th October 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Ireland / 9 comments

After spending over two weeks travelling around the country, here are some of my impressions of Ireland as a first-timer. More detailed posts on specific locations will follow over the coming weeks. I’ve divided my […]

27th September 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Save money / 3 comments

I’ve just arrived in Ireland, and let me tell you, this is not a cheap country! In fact, most countries in Western and Northern Europe are hard on the wallet. A bit over a year […]

13th September 2017 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

For the fourth consecutive year, Montreal held its big food festival called YUL Eat over Labour Day weekend at the Quai de l’Horloge in Montreal’s Old Port. (If you didn’t know, YUL is the airport […]