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June 16, 2025

Our Australia Self-Driving Trip (2022)

We took our first post-pandemic family trip to Australia at the end of 2022. This was the itinerary of our long-awaited trip after a 3 …

12 Ways to Keep Your Money Safe During Travels

Imagine midway through enjoying yourselves on a long-planned vacation only to find out that your money or valuables have been stolen by thieves or pickpockets. It is a dreadful situation to be in in a foreign land, which I hope never falls onto anyone but unfortunately, it happens. A dream holiday can potentially become a nightmare if the loss includes credit cards and identification documents.

Eating in Luang Prabang: My Gastronomic Experience

Laotian cuisine is quite an unknown, not only in Singapore where I came from but many parts of the world. It shares many similarities with …

Experiencing Luang Prabang 2020

The town of Luang Prabang in Lao People’s Democratic Republic is the country’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Magical Experience at Waitomo Glowworm Cave

Waitomo Glowworm Caves is the most popular cave attraction among tourists. The caves are known for their population of a glowworm species found exclusively in New Zealand.

Geothermal Experience at Orakei Korako

Orakei Korako Geothermal Park and Cave was once described by Lonely Planet as ‘arguably the best geothermal area left in New Zealand’.

A Visit to Kiwifruit Country

Kiwifruit orchards are concentrated mainly in the Bay of Plenty area. Since we are in that area, we had to include a visit in our itinerary.

New Zealand White Island Volcano

The much awaited visit to White Island or Whakaari, NZ’s most active marine volcano with 70% of it underwater. It is New Zealand’s most continuously active volcano and has been active for at least 150,000 years.

New Zealand North Island 2019

We recently had our longest family trip to-date and first time doing self-driving too in New Zealand North Island from Wellington to Auckland.

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Darwin’s Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) houses artistic, local historical, cultural and scientific collection of the Northern Territory.