Author: Izzy
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Turkey Trouble
This is an open letter to whoever is planning to land in one of Türkiye’s international airports – the Istanbul Airport. My message is short and clear : Watch Out. please read all the way to the editor’s note at the bottom for a full explanation! But first, dear reader, let me take you back…
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Poonhill Trek: What is required and costs
Hiking the Himalayas : Poonhill Mountains hold a certain magic – the towering behemoths have a tight grip on people’s hearts. People naturally just love the mountains. I am personally very guilty of this. Ever since I stepped foot in the Canadian Rockies , I became a victim amongst many others of its many charms.…
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Deep in the Sumatran Jungle
Two Days One Night Jungle Buzz We knew Sumatra as a distant island from its more popular brothers Bali and Java; we knew it from its great coffee beans we often buy in Costco and from the critically endangered Orangutans that can be found deep in its jungles. After some research, we committed on a…
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Indonesian Hospitality
Indonesia holds a very dear place in my heart. It was the first country outside the Philippines, my birthplace, that I set out for my solo backpacking trip. It felt like home, the Indonesians looked like Filipinos; their markets looked the same, the streets looked the same, and I looked the same. I blended in…
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Grand Canyon Hunger
After travelling and living in my van full time for 8 months, the fatigue was creeping up on me. A summer of adventure in the Canadian Rockies, a dreary cold wet fall in British Columbia, and a sunshine laden winter in Southern California, my exhaustion started to take a toll. I had met many different…
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Bản Giốc falls fiasco
Everyday I am overwhelmed of how much Social Media and todays technologies have influence over our lives. Bản Giốc Falls sits in northern Vietnam on the border of China. To put it more accurately the waterfalls and the river it supplies IS the border. It is nestled deep in rural Vietnam and a whole hour…
Travellers Pursuits 