[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
January 5, 2018
I’ll be honest – I wasn’t sure initially if I wanted to go to Karachi. I’ve read news report claiming Karachi as the world’s most dangerous city (that’s not located officially in a war zone), and if that didn’t deter Read more…
December 23, 2017
I love history, and feel extremely privileged to be in a country that played a significant (if not pivotal) role in how history as we know it was shaped to where it is today. I feel it’s such a shame Read more…
December 22, 2017
If you’ve been following my Sri Lanka travel series, then you’ll know Trincomalee’s my last stop (and a completely unexpected one at that!). So as a prelude, let me just say – I knew there wasn’t much to see in Read more…
Time for the famed Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle!!! Due to time constraints, and how well I know myself, I opted to just do Sigiriya and Dambulla. Based on my Siem Reap experience, I realize I’m the type of person who’s Read more…
I’ll be honest, the allure of Kandy completely missed me. To this day, I look back at my Sri Lanka trip fondly (even Colombo!), but Kandy I will definitely skip the next time I go back. Having said that, if Read more…
I’ll keep the introduction short – especially for those who’ve been following my 7-day Sri Lanka solo female backpacker story! If you want to read things in order, my very first stop in Sri Lanka was at Colombo, followed by Ella Read more…
December 21, 2017
I’ll be honest, Colombo is not, and will probably never be, one of my favorite cities. In many ways, it reminds me too much of Manila (all the bad things that I absolutely hate about my home city) – it’s Read more…
December 20, 2017
The Philippines is world-renowned for its sun kissed beaches, most prominent of which is Boracay. However, the Palawan beaches are no lightweights either – with the golden trifecta of Puerto Prinsesa, El Nido, and Coron easily holding their weight against Read more…
December 12, 2017
FOOD TIME! Okay, so half the time, we ended up eating at whatever restaurant was available (e.g. when in Everland), or we tried our hand at cooking (slight fail). But, for the other half of the trip, we tried our Read more…