[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
August 19, 2018
Day 4 Time certainly flies when you’re having fun… For today, we were set to explore the Chinatown area of Singapore. Now you might wonder, what to see and do in Chinatown Singapore? Isn’t it the same everywhere in the Read more…
July 13, 2018
Are you dropping by Bangkok for a few days and looking for an easy day trip? Are you itching to know more about Thailand’s history? Or maybe you just want to get nice Instagram shots of unique places most people Read more…
February 16, 2018
Whenever I tell people I spent seven months in Pakistan, they’re honest-to-goodness shocked. Reactions vary from the normal “What’s in Pakistan?” to worried “Was Pakistan safe, were there any bombs while you were to there?” to (frankly) ridiculous “Did you Read more…
February 13, 2018
Lahore is well-known for being many things: Pakistan’s second largest city of ~12mn people, the self-professed cultural capital of the country (with good reason), and jokingly (or not so jokingly) described as the Paris of the East. But to me, Read more…
January 5, 2018
For my final hurrah in Pakistan, I wanted to retrace the steps of emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan (both of whom reigned during in the Mughul period, although Shah Jahan is more famous given that he constructed the famed Taj Read more…
While in Pakistan, I was working in the city of Lahore. From time to time though, I would head to Islamabad for the weekend – because why not? After all, Lahore was great in terms of culture, but Islamabad definitely Read more…
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…
June 17, 2017
I am a HUGE history buff – I do feel like you enjoy your travel experience so much more when you fully appreciate the struggles, failures, and successes that made the city/country what it is today. Dubai was no Read more…