The drive was long and winding. The countryside is quite beautiful, with lots of farmland and untouched forest. There is an essence of simplicity that is hard to avoid noticing, it’s almost enviable. From my conversations with the locals, there is nothing outside of their village, nothing outside of their territory, nothing outside of Uganda, […]
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Uganda, A Woman’s Gay Night Out in Entebbe.
Uganda’s Entebbe, the capital city, has surprised me. Traveling on my own and up for an adventure, I spend a wild night out of the town, clubbing with a local tour guide. What I discovered was a hidden subculture, that breaks from tradition and gives African nightlife a whole new dimension. Entebbe, the capital sits […]
How to Haggle When Traveling: 7 Steps to Successful Haggling
On more than one occasion I have been asked by my friends while traveling to help them haggle. To simply define, haggling means, “an act of negotiating or arguing over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract: an instance of bargaining. At local markets around the world, haggling is a commonplace practice, yet there are […]
Jakarta Surabaya Market: A Shopping Trip to Remember
The weekend after Lil’s birthday was preceded by the much-anticipated trip to Jakarta for the Jazz festival. Although there isn’t much to do in Jakarta, aside from shopping, Lillian and I did the right thing by taking Friday off to “explore” the sites. We quickly learned during our research of Jakarta that there weren’t many […]
Emergency Ex-Pat Holiday Survival Guide: My First Holiday Season Abroad
I moved to Singapore at the end of September, knowing absolutely no one. I met some incredible people in a short span of time, but no matter how many people you meet, being away from family for the first time over the holiday season proved to be much harder than expected. 3 Survival Strategies to […]
Mumbai’s Top 11 Tourist Attractions
Mumbai has a wide variety of tourist attractions that are touted as being a “must-see” but having lived in India and traveled to Mumbai many times, I found that there were really only a few things really worth going to see and I have listed them down below. I have chosen the below primarily for […]
Longest Indian Vacation Ever
And there is more to write about India. I left off after my slum tour of Dharavi but there were still several days remaining in my trip that definitely warranted some blog space. Wednesday and Thursday were meant to be the “vacation” after the wedding, mainly for Dhara, but for myself and her best friend […]
First Impressions: A relaxing Vacation in India? (Part2)
With the wedding festivities over I had 5 whole days ahead of me to take in the sights (and sounds of India) and one would have hoped that with the wedding behind us that relaxation was in store, but alas, I found myself constantly on the go; making the remainder of my trip one which […]
My Big Fat First Indian Wedding
I had no time to let the shock of India sink in. On Friday, after setting my stuff in the hotel, Dhara and I went straight to go get our nails done. This definitely helped me relax after the initial shock of India. After nails, I went to Dhara apartment for the Mehendi tradition, also […]
First Impressions Can Be Hard to Forget: Mumbai, India (Part 1)
Moving to India was hard pill for me to swallow for many reasons; but the primary reason was because of my first trip there. After moving to Singapore, most people were shocked to learn that my first major trip outside of Singapore was to Mumbai, India for 10 days, to meet up with a friend […]