Ubud Monkey Forest Bali | Helpful Guide | Tips | FAQs

I can never miss the chance to interact with my primate brothers so you can imagine my excitement about arriving in Ubud and visiting a place named the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. Now depending on whose blog you read, you will find mixed reviews about the Ubud Monkey Forest. Some people (like me) enjoy it …

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10 Amazing National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Mizoram

Visit tigers in Mizoram

The Treasure of Nature Mizoram is vastly known for its natural beauty and wide diversity of wildlife and vegetation. Nature has bestowed its bounty to make this place a wild lover’s paradise. About 91% of Mizoram is under forest cover. This region also happens to be the abode of rare and valuable orchids that bloom …

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10 must read tips on surviving a Bangkok street market

Visiting the markets of Bangkok

A Bangkok inspired cocktail of hangovers, pushy sales, tuk-tuks and scam artists are not a great combination and make surviving the Bangkok market experience quite a challenge. Luckily for you, I have written these quick tips to make the experience a little easier. Bangkok, as crazy as it is beautiful Markets could certainly be considered …

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A scary night on the Samoeng Loop

Motorbike on the Samoeng Loop

As I write, I think I am about to die in some horrific way. I am trying to get some sleep in a place called Samoeng Resort, just outside a small town in the middle of nowhere up a mountain. The resort has about 30 or so individual bungalows spread across a wide area, but …

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Thailand Border Scam Poipet Style

The Thailand Cambodia Poipet Border crossing

Having negotiated our way out of the Dragons Lair, we were finally allowed back on the bus to head to the border, or so we thought. The Poipet border is famous for its scams and getting travellers to pay multiple times for visas. We knew they would try to scam us, but didn’t realise how …

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