There is no other country for a backpacker like India. With the population of a quarter of the world and a vast territory, it has literally a wealth of things to see and to do, and you would need a lifetime to do them all. Any backpacker and really, pretty much anybody else should visit…
10 Items You Should Never Lose On Your Trip
Last week, while lounging on a beach on a small Thai island, I went into the sea with my waterproof camera in the pocket of my shorts. The waves were a bit rough, and getting out of the water was challenging. I managed to cut my foot a bit on a sharp rock while doing…
Am I Concerned About the Coronavirus?
As some of you know, I spend a big chunk of my time each year in South East Asia, and the region has indeed been on the heightened news alert lately due to the spreading of the new coronavirus from China. The pace of the spread is indeed quite alarming – over 20,000 cases as…
8 Common Mistakes in Street Photography
As someone who shoots in the streets or outside almost every day, I have gone through a pretty steep learning curve over the years and realized a lot of “dos” and “don’ts” of street photography. I did it the hard way – by trial and error. Luckily for you, you can now read this post…
The Story of a Photo – Three Monks (Laos)
Tham Pha, also known as Buddha Cave, is one of the few attractions around the town of Thakhek on the Mekong River in Laos. It was said to have been discovered just 15 years ago by a farmer, which is hard to believe because its access isn’t really obstructed by anything; in fact, it is…
About Travel Watches
People who know me closely also know that I am a bit of a watch guy. That’s right, I do have a great fondness for timepieces, especially mechanical ones. To me, they represent one of the few kinds of jewelry that are actually functional and serve an important purpose other than decoration. And if decoration…
Ho Chi Minh City vs. Hanoi
Few countries in the world have the geographic and cultural bipolarity of Vietnam: it’s an elongated country, historically divided between the North and the South, and with a mighty hub city in each part. Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon or simply HCMC is the country’s biggest city and the dominant city of the South. Hanoi,…
Happy 2020!
The clock has struck 12 and counted down the last minutes of the twenty-teens just about everywhere in the world now, so I would like to wish you, my dear readers, a Happy New Year and a fantastic 2020! Let this year, and indeed, this decade, be another amazing one in travel, photography, and all…
7 Bad Habits Of Backpackers
As humans or various cultures and languages, we have a few things in common, regardless of our background. We may not always understand each other, but there are certain unspoken rules, or guidances if you will, that keep us together as humans. Nowhere else are these rules as important as when we travel, but unfortunately,…
The Story of a Photo – Bagan Sunrise (Myanmar)
As I wrote before, Bagan is one of my favourite sites in the world. Of course, I visited it when Myanmar was just opening up to tourism after years of military rule. That meant it was not yet overrun by tour groups and weekend trippers from Singapore and Hong Kong. In fact, you could have…