Is Mrauk U Safe?

I returned home from Yangon, ending Myanmar 2019 feeling quite fulfilled. Not long after sharing my pictures of Mrauk U, I received several private messages,

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Coast To Coast Trail

NParks: The Coast-to-Coast Trail is a 36 km trail that spans across Singapore. Stretching from Jurong Lake Gardens in the west to Coney Island Park

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Going To Extremes

In his book What Doesn’t Kill Us, Scott Carney got himself into a programme conducted by the legendary Dutch Iceman Wim Hof (apparently as a

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Paradise Lost

Instagramers. They’re everywhere. They visit the most exotic places in the world just to show off that they’ve been there, turning many a backpackers’/explorers’ paradise

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Success On NDP 2019

The NDP – National Day Pendaki has succeeded in reaching the summit of Gunung Lawu, a 3265m extinct volcano on 9th August 2019. This was

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Begpackers

When I first started my business back in 1991, I had to tighten my belt – really tight. Deep in debt, I only managed to

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Candi Plaosan 1997

I’m often intrigued by Javanese antiquities. Constructed out of precisely formed stones stacked several stories high without the use of cement, these monuments are testimony

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Yearning For Yangon?

Yangon looks very different now compared to the time I visited it some 15 years ago. There were much fewer shops and cars. Everything looked

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The Power Of Agung

31 May 2019. Gunung Agung, Bali, Indonesia erupted. It’s not a real concern as the initial report of pyroclastic flows turned out to be fake

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