I was looking forward to visiting different cafes in Seoul. Upon arrival at Incheon airport, I saw the Hello Kitty Café and the Charlie Brown Café. I however set my sights on finally visiting a cat café there as I never managed to do it on previous trips to Tokyo.…
View PostWhen I first found out I could touch and swim with stingrays in Cayman, I knew I had to make my way there myself someday. It was the summer of 2010. We took the catamaran out into the sea, did some snorkelling and finally arrived at the Stingray City Sandbar.…
View PostI slept on the two hour ferry ride to Zanzibar and was told later that night that they saw the tail of a humpback whale on the ferry ride. Great. Upon arrival in Stone Town, we walked around the town and saw the many historical buildings, the park, had lunch…
View PostIt was 2005. I was watching Survivor, my favourite reality TV show. The season was filmed in Palau and I will never forget seeing the contestants swimming with jellyfish on a reward challenge. I knew I had to jump into that same lake someday. Years went by and my dream of…
View PostI love sharks. The bigger they are, the closer I can get, the more awesome the experience. I knew I had to go to the Philippines to achieve my dream of swimming with whale sharks in Donsol. [wpvideo 1pY6PUhl] The Journey After a flight from Ho Chi Minh to Manila…
View PostIt was around 3pm and the sun was mercilessly shining down on me. I searched for shelter and found a bench under a coconut tree which served as my resting place to write my postcards. An old man came by and I started talking to him for a while. He…
View PostOn the morning of the 12th of August 2009, we were driven down from Stone Town to the south of Zanzibar, to a little town called Kizimkazi where we would search for and swim with the dolphins. After getting our flippers and snorkelling gear, we got on the boat and…
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