The green and pleasant French landscape ended abruptly at the Pyrenees: the mountainous ridge stretching from the North Sea to the Mediterranean dividing France from Spain. We were disgorged onto the plains of Spain via the tunnels under the mountains, where the road vanished into...
I bumped into Kutna Hora while I was researching for my solo trip to the Czech Republic. As I read more about it, my traveller’s senses were tickled enough with curiosity to explore this mysterious town. First day in Czech and I decided to step...
When you’re navigating a new city for the first time, it's easy to overlook things as you anxiously move from one locale, activity, or event to the next. Pause to look down at your toes. Slowly scan your surroundings from the ground up. Once at...
Last year I had the opportunity to visit Bali and spend some time at the amazing Uluwatu Anantara Resort. I went with my husband for a quick weekend getaway in between business trips in Singapore and Tokyo, and it was such a great experience. We had...
New Orleans is an American city recognized by people all over the world. Settled by the French, Spanish, Africans and Native Americans, New Orleans is known as a “melting pot” of cultures. Because of New Orleans’ vast cultural variety and warm residents, almost everyone who...
Mexico City, my home away from home and one of the largest and most populated cities in the world! Officially known as Mexico D.F (or simply D.F, federal district of Mexico), this one city alone has 16 different boroughs (each which include hundreds of their own...
Ola Volo x Hayo Holiday Special When I met Ola Volo for breakfast, I was expecting a simple conversation about work and life. Little did I know that it would turn into one of the most inspiring conversations about the challenges we face in life and...
As a destination, Kingston is woefully misunderstood. Jamaica’s capital city does have a gritty reputation, but the city is more relaxed than headlines would have you believe. As in any other city, there is slums and crime, but it is also cosmopolitan, has a pulsating...
Borneo, best known for it’s pristine beaches and ancient, biodiversity-rich rainforests including orangutans and clouded leopards, is also home to a unique community of stateless citizens who are born, live and die at sea. Recently Mark Lehn, a Vancouver-born Western Australia-based photographer, visited the Sabah region of Borneo...
Los Angeles is one of my favorite places. If you know me a little, you know that to be true. The short time I lived there, I was in Santa Monica but used to hang out a lot in Venice. I noticed how modern and...