Fellow parents can share in the challenges of travelling with young children - the exponential amount of luggage you have to pack, changes in your little one's daily routine, getting used to a new environment, battling jet lag, to name a few. A new one we recently added to the mix was travelling to high altitude. Our friends were visiting from Singapore and it was on their list to travel to northern Chile to see the stars. The Atacama Desert, thanks to its altitude and the la

Our foray into Antarctica with Silversea's Silver Endeavour was a trip about letting go, and experiencing Mother Nature's raw power.

Bhutan is the last intact Himalayan Buddhist kingdom in the world. Imagine a country the size of Switzerland without any traffic lights, one lone cinema where only locally produced films are screened and I believe the escalator count is still one. The Land of the Thunder Dragon in this modern age is still a place where the strength of its national identity is so obvious. The landscape is dotted with imposing forts and monasteries built in the 17th century, as well as traditio

Zen gardens are some of the most astonishingly beautiful and emotion-provoking gardens in Japan. Rock and stones are vital elements in...

Postcards from Aotearoa, the Land of the Long White Cloud. Xin travelled to New Zealand in the peak of summer where she hiked, sailed,...

In search of a lesser known Indonesia, we were whisked off to a seclude island paradise in West Nusa Tenggara. Moyo Island is accessible...

A little known fact about Australia is that actually really large, and is about the same size as continental USA (i.e. without Alaska)!...

I recently had the opportunity to spend almost two weeks travelling the northern circuit of Tanzania to visit a range of lodges and...