Archive | December, 2008

2009′s here!

It’s been a whirlwind of travelling and parties over the past month. My favourite time of the year has come – time to say goodbye to 2008 and usher in the new year. Looking back, 2008 has been perhaps the best year in my life thus far – in terms of discovering more of who I [...]

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Diving the waters of Sipadan, Borneo

Spending X’mas in Sipadan was perhaps the best break of 2008. After a year of major changes – moving from Spain to Singapore, travelling in Africa, and short trips around tropical Asia, I urgently needed a break from everything. Just time to sit, relax and clear my head alil. Thou it didn’t feel like X’mas, with the tropical [...]

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Dive haven in Sipadan

On our little piece of haven in Sabah -the Malaysian part of Borneo, the coral reefs are endless, bright and teming with life, while turtles swam freely right by my side and sharks roam the area in their predatory fashion. For every diving enthusiast, Sipadan is the Mecca, and the ultimate answer to paradise.  It was nothing like I’d ever [...]

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Lapland – Santa Claus’s birth place

Finland Saariselkä _DSC18424 by YoungRobV.

With the festive season around the corner, I’m working on a X’mas article, in which I wrote about the intriguing Lapland (Sweden and Finland) – where pure white snow covers sloping mountains and deep forests. Nowhere else in the world can be more magical than the legendary birth place of Santa Claus. Reindeer sleighs and huskies snowmobiles. A [...]

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Angkor Wat by night

A trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia recently made me go through waves of self reflection and wondering when the world would be a better place, for some of the less fortunate. This journey has given us a clear insight into the past – how it has shattered millions of lives, destroyed the country and especially the [...]

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Temples you must see before you die

Macchu Picchu – Peru Shwedagon Pagoda –  Yangon, Burma Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan This interesting article lists the most historically rich and religiously intriguing temples in the world – definitely temples you need to see before you die! http://www.travelguidesdb.com/world-travel/temples.html

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