Day trips from Melbourne don’t need a car. I had three to four days in Melbourne, staying in West Melbourne on the edge of the CBD, with no rental car and no driving licence. Most travel guides assume you have a car, so they make these trips sound harder than they are: the Great Ocean Road “isn’t really possible”, Phillip Island is “best...
The train arrived at Sreemangal past midnight. The platform was surprisingly alive for that hour. Travellers in winter jackets pulling bags off the train, vendors hovering at the edges with tea and snacks, the blue-green Sreemangal station sign glowing overhead. We had boarded in Dhaka after dinner, half-asleep before the train left the city, and woken here: the tea...
The best day trips from Ao Nang are the 4 Islands tour, a full day on Koh Phi Phi, and Railay Beach with Phra Nang Cave Beach, a 10 to 15 minute longtail ride to Railay West and a short walk across the peninsula. I did all three from a base in Ao Nang. If you have more days, the Hong Islands, Phang Nga Bay (James Bond Island), the Emerald Pool and hot springs, and...
This Kenya safari itinerary is designed for travelers who want to experience the country’s wildlife and coastline in one seamless journey. Kenya is one of those rare destinations where a single trip can feel like several worlds stitched together. Vast savannahs alive with wildlife, dramatic escarpments and lakes, misty mornings beneath Africa’s tallest mountain, and...
One day in Mexico City's Centro Histórico: the Zócalo, the Rivera murals in the Palacio Nacional, Templo Mayor, Calle Madero, Bellas Artes, tacos al pastor and the view from Torre Latinoamericana.
The moment my plane began its descent into Langkawi, I abandoned everything else and pressed my face to the window. Beneath me, scattered across the Andaman Sea like pieces of a broken jade necklace, were islands. Dozens of them. I started counting. I gave up at thirty-something. There are 99 in total — and from the air, every single one looks worth exploring...
How I visited the Grand Canyon South Rim without a car: the bus from Phoenix to Flagstaff, the Groome shuttle, the free park buses and a 3-day itinerary with 2026 costs.
With 2 days in Bangkok, spend day one on the riverside temples, Wat Arun and the Grand Palace, then watch the sunset from a rooftop and end with a Thai massage. Spend day two at Jim Thompson House, on a Chao Phraya river boat, in the malls around Siam, and eating street food before a night out on Sukhumvit 11. That is the two-day plan I followed. Start early, as the...
New York is not the capital of the United States, nor is it the largest or most populous state. However, New York, along with California, is the most well-known state in the United States. If you spend a couple of days in New York and use the subway, you might meet people from every country in the globe because the city is so varied! If you visit the United States...
Japan is so different from the rest of the world that I ended up writing a complete guide for first-timers based on my multiple visits here. It’s full of history, culture, architecture, and nature, but above all, what I learned from the people of Japan is worth the journey alone. Two weeks isn’t enough to see everything in Japan. Nothing is. But...