Over the years I have spoken with many travelers from all over the world about what they carry in their packs. What luxuries do they consider essential, which unique items can they not live without while traveling? This is mine.
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After futilely trying to communicate with the restaurant owner using exaggerated hand movements you’re forced to accept your fate and hesitantly point at a few items on the page with no clue of what you are ordering. This is Dumpling Roulette...
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Move over Louisiana, your time on the throne as the Crawfish Capital has come to an end. Your historically robust and flavourful crawfish now pale in comparison to the multitude of explosive flavors China is using to elevate this humble crustacean.
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Rappelling down a sheer cliff face into a flowing river using a harness, a rope and a Vietnamese man that weighs as much as one of my legs as my anchor? Sounds right up my alley! Canyoning adventure in Da Lat, Vietnam.
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This story begins two years ago when I was on a beach in Thailand, Hat Riin beach in Koh Phangan to be exact, the one that holds the infamous full moon parties. It wasn’t a full moon that night, in fact there was no moon if I recall correctly, but somewhere in the stratosphere the stars must have been aligned, because as fate would have it I met a young Irishman who’s lust for life, as well as his thirst for knowledge and understanding of himself and the world around him, fascinated and inspired me immediately.
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The streets of Saigon are unlike anywhere else I have seen. Blatant disregard for safe driving, constant use of horns but seemingly no road rage.. the rules of the road here are perhaps the most confusing and paradoxical in the world. However after a few days of navigating these seemingly suicidal pathways I have devised these 8 Commandments for surviving the streets of Saigon.
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Buying a new pack is the backpacker equivalent to buying a car, but when you boil it all down there are a few major things you need to take into consideration...
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I have tried to explain the feeling of skydiving to many people; the almost weightlessness you feel when you drop out of a plane, falling 225km/hour, ten thousand feet above the ground. Words can not do it justice.
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This past weekend marked the 8th annual Cayman Cookout hosted by Eric Ripert, a four day food and wine festival packed with luxurious dinners, outdoor tastings and live cooking demonstrations. The perfect blend of food and drink on the gorgeous island of Grand Cayman... no shoes required.
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