A year since settling down (yah know, the “for real” one), and I actually have not settled — in its truest sense. What I realised this year is perhaps I never will. And it’s okay to never settle. Here’s 16 of my fave snaps of 2016, compiled while half cut. Because New Year’s Eve. 1….
Year: 2016
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5 Asian Festivals To Try And See Before The End Of 2016
Star Cruises’ Superstar Gemini Review (Or, Dear Robin Leach, Cruise Ship Traveling Isn’t Just for the Rich and Groovy Retirees)
Notwithstanding sans a honeymoon mate, I walked towards the gigantic ship bootlegging the swag of Mark Renton at the end of Trainspotting. Only this time, I am Ship-spotting. Unflappably sliding my feet over the smooth carpet of the hallway of Harbour Front in Singapore, I silently declaimed my own version of the film’s famous quote….
“Live Like A Local”, They Said. (My Top 10 Fave AirBnb Homes)
The call to prayer echoed through Fez’s donkey dung-smelling alleys and towards the nearby hills. Booming as it was, the noise from the tumultuous crowd of campaigners (election in Morocco was to take place in a few days) three levels below was still very audible. We were on the rooftop of a dar we hired…
Crown Regency Hotel Makati: Layover HQ
The silent, deserted lobby of Crown Regency Plaza Hotel Makati was a refuge. We had just come from a battle with the traffic congestion just outside Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 at an ungodly hour. Like, 2:00 AM ungodly. Our little travel tribe (plus my mum who picked us up from the airport in…
Lombok, Indonesia: Eat, Play, Laze
12 days in Indonesia. 39 restless souls (also known as social media influencers/bloggers/vloggers). 5 destinations — only one of which I had not visited. Lombok. Lombok, an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province, was exactly how I imagined it. Paradisiacal and relatively uncrowded. What Bali must have been like a long time ago. Day…
Borobudur And Ratu Boko, Indonesia: The Sun We Chased. The Day We Seized.
“Dua orang domestik.”, I remember it so vividly. Our Javanese Couchsurfing host paid the ticket price for Indonesians for him and me. The lone person manning the booth looked up, met my gaze, and I nervously pretended to be busy with my iPod. A couple of minutes later, I was successfully (sorta) smuggled into the…
The Lagoon Spa, Seminyak, Bali
“Do you play Pokemon Go? This is a Pokestop.”, it felt like an Astadala Hotel Management staff just spilled some classified information. The last thing I’d expect to hear at the entrance of a spa. “Oh. Do players flock here then?”, I wondered if the guard spends his day catching/shooing trespassers or non-guests/clients or… Pokemons….