Author: Galen
Vietnam
Danang Downtown and Cosplay Competition (Vietnam Diary #6)
I headed to Danang Downtown as there was some kind of costume festival on the Tet calendar. I just had no idea what time or type. Turns out it was a sort of cosplay competition! These youths must have spent the entire day prepping and some of the outfits were amazing!
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Thailand
Trang Tales of the Unexpected
I had been on a diet of bananas, rice crackers, fat free yogurt, electrolytes, activated charcoal, bland rice dishes and Smecta for five days. I don’t think I need to explain why. A Night Market was close by, so one evening I did a quick walk through it to see
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Mauritius
Mauritius Holiday Experience
Mauritius is a multicultural mix of people, places and melodies. A prominent language is French, the cuisine can be Indian and Chinese, the massages are Swedish, and below the turquoise waters, can be something totally out of this world. There is something very special about island life. I find the
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Philippines
El Nido and Coron (Philippines Diary #9)
El Nido in northern Palawan is one of the most popular tourist spots in the Philippines. This is followed by a much smaller island called Coron to the north, Boracay, and the most eastern island in the Philippines called Siargao. Surfers flock to the latter. It was a tough choice,
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Philippines
Palawan (Philippines Travel Diary #8)
It was time to bid farewell to Siquijor and my new friends. What was unexpected was staying up the entire night with them! I had an early ferry to catch followed by a flight to Palawan, so decided to power through after getting a lift home with a random bunch
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Philippines
Pray the Gay Away (Philippines Diary #7)
It’s so great when you become a familiar face in a place and the locals recognise you and ask how your day is going. I spent a night near an old fishing village and went for a walk through it during the day with my friend Alina and her little
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Philippines
Siquijor – Jol, Rinse, Repeat & Repent (Philippines Diary #6)
My method of remembering how to pronounce Siquijor, is “ciggie-whore”. I had found my kind of island which offers AMAZING snorkeling within protected marine sanctuaries! I was wetting my pants thinking how incredible a night snorkel would be with my new diving torch, but a lone local was on station
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