My overall takeaway from this NOLA trip: the crawfish and oysters were genuinely delicious, but the dirty, chaotic, and run-down downtown area, the unprofessional hotels and airpor...

This post includes one of the highlights of this trip, plus a small hiccup, so it’ll be much more interesting than the previous one....

Sharing our cruise experience: we booked an 8-day, 7-night Alaska Cruise on Carnival Splendor in an Ocean Suite,...

In this second part, we stopped at three small Caribbean islands, spent two days at sea, and finally returned to Port Canaveral....

We booked this cruise well in advance as well. After I shared the plans with friends, two other families booked too, and then one of those friends encouraged several of their frien...

It’s been a long time since I last wrote a “one-day itinerary” post, and this time I’m featuring one of the cities I know best. During last year’s National Day holiday, I played to...

If there’s one word to describe Singapore this year, it’s expensive. With hotel rates this high, you might as well make up for it with a few genuinely useful freebies. Here are sev...

To sum up the Ice Lake trail, the first half—a green adventure through the forest—is close to flawless, and I’d gladly return for that alone. The second half is more of a test of h...

This title is a little clickbaity—it’s not really a completely free all-inclusive trip. But I recently came across a promotion from the Singapore Tourism Board called Singapore Rew...

This is a practical, all-in-one guide to a Komodo liveaboard trip in Indonesia to see giant lizards—Komodo dragons. If you want a more detailed trip report, see In Komodo, I Return...

A trip to Komodo leaves you with many unforgettable moments: the thousands upon thousands of bats flying across the sunset over Kalong Island, the torrential rain on the sea late a...