I recently updated my Pinterest board called Travel Souvenir Obsession dedicated to all my cultural travel souvenirs at home! And in doing this exercise I re-discovered how heartwarming travel souvenirs can be, they remind you of where you’ve been, of the unforgettable people you’ve met and the fantastic experiences you’ve had. Many times you just [...]
Last post covered the first three New York restaurants recommended by my friend Juan, who loves the City and is keen on finding new, great and affordable places to eat. New York restaurants are one of the first things in his mind when he is planning a trip to this magnificent city. So are you [...]
Last time we covered the first five shocking realities of Southeast Asia that may make us experience (a sometimes pretty intense) culture shock when visiting. From the mildly disgusting to the heartbreaking, in this post I’ll finish the list and let you know more about the things that bring us together as humans. Allow me [...]
Can Southeast Asia get any more different than our boring and predictable 9 to 5 western reality? You know, to me cultural travel is all about broadening our horizons; it’s about seeing how other people live, how they solve their problems. It’s about enriching one’s life through the experiences of others; it’s about being in [...]
When you hear the word “Cambodia”, what comes to your mind? I used to draw a blank or in the best of cases I thought it was a far east land, of oriental-looking people who… probably had a lot of wars? It wasn’t until my friend Isadora lived there for three years that I got [...]
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