In one of the most infuriating and nerve-wracking travel experiences yet, I was unfortunate enough to have to deal with Air Asia’s incompetent system. I’ve had a good experience with Air Asia in the past but this is the first time I’ve flown with them on a connecting flight. Let’s just say this is…
Travel Journal
In this latest series, I will be going through all the countries I’ve travelled to on my mission to visit every single country in the world. In this article, we will be covering country #1: Philippines. If you haven’t gotten a chance already, read this story first to find out why I’m trying to…
The reason why I’m pursuing the mission to visit all 193 UN recognized countries is very personal to me. But in order to do that, we need to start with the story of my childhood and growing up in Canada. Back in 1994, my father’s business in the Philippines was going downhill fast and…
Do you plan to travel to Rwanda, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo? I personally found my adventures in these three countries to be in the top five most memorable travel experience ever. There’s just something so raw about these countries and they’re definitely worth checking out if you want to travel to Africa….
My journey into the Democratic Republic of Congo is one for the ages. It’s definitely in my top five most memorable travel experience ever. During my entire life’s worth of travel experience, I can only recall two instances when I was hit with a burst of emotion from seeing one of our world wonders….
Doing the Rwanda-Burundi border crossing is one of my primary goals when travelling to this region of Africa. Why would you want to go to Burundi? According to the World Happiness Report of 2018, Burundi is the unhappiest country in the world. Burundi is also included in the list of 25 most corrupt countries…
Gorilla trekking is the latest trend in travel these days. People want to go to Uganda, Rwanda, or Democratic Republic of Congo to see these amazing yet endangered mountain gorillas. But why should you go gorilla trekking in Uganda as oppose to Rwanda or Democratic Republic of Congo? The simple answer is because it’s…
My adventures on Ethiopian Airlines business class is part of an Aeroplan mini-RTW booking I did for 2019. This flight is the segment where Karen and myself will fly from Bangkok to Addis Ababa to Rwanda. Before I start this “review” with flying on these carriers, I just want to say that no experience…
In this blog post, I will do an EVA Air Business class review from my most recent flight going from Vancouver to Taipei and then to Ho Chi Minh. Back story before the EVA Air Business Class review The way my girlfriend and I travel is usually backpacker style. We aren’t very fancy and…
When I first returned home from travelling, I wasn’t sure if I changed as a person at all. They say long term travel changes your perspective about life. And I can certainly say that is true. But in what sense does it change your view point? One year later after coming back home from…
