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After doing a little searching on Google I learnt that there are a whopping 2 million apps on Apple’s App Store, so it can be quite overwhelming to know what to download to your iPhone. Among th…

In 2013, I contracted a virus that I thought was the flu. It ended up being dengue, sometimes referred to as “breakbone fever.” The nickname is a reference to the levels of pain some peopl…

Let’s get this out of the way: My name is Kristin Luna, and I’m a scaredy-cat. I’m not embarrassed by this; it just is what it is. I can’t even watch the trailer for a horror f…

Let’s get this out of the way: My name is Kristin Luna, and I’m a scaredy-cat. I’m not embarrassed by this; it just is what it is. I can’t even watch the trailer for a horror f…

Pin me on Pinterest! Travelling by bus is a great option for the indie traveller — in fact, it will often be your only option, short of car hire or self propulsion. To listen to us talk about lo…

The southwestern arm of England is blessed with a mild climate, 430 miles of glorious coastline, and beautiful countryside by the English Channel and Celtic Sea. As a tourist destination, the ‘E…

Bourbon and horses. Horses and bourbon. These are two industries that anchor Lexington, bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors—myself included—to this charming, mid-size Kentucky city …

Thanks to the wonders of IT technology, which has increased communication between demographics of all types on a global scale, thus achieving an unprecedented level of interconnectivity, we are no lon…

When I told my friends I was visiting Japan for the first time, most of them immediately started talking about Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka – the usual ‘first time’ Japan travel destinations.…

During the last many years of travel, I have returned to Chiang Mai almost half a dozen times. When I first started visiting in 2008, there were a handful of travel bloggers there. We would meet daily…