Probably the first “strange food” that I tried was a fantastic meal of snake in northern Vietnam.
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Snake for dinner
Author: pitilesstraveller
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Swimming with orcas
In the Norwegian winter, north of the Arctic Circle, daylight fading, a group of orca enthusiasts and I snorkelled with orcas and humpback whales. We also happened to see the Northern Lights.
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Chasing the sun in Tromsø
On my first full day in Norway, seeing the sun became an important mission because of the long night. So I hiked up the nearest mountain.
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Adventures at the end of the earth
Getting to Raja Ampat in Indonesia was a task, but it provided exceptional wildlife sightings and experiences.
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Surviving the Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps offer not just breathtaking beauty, but also danger of a domestic kind???
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Hiking in Hong Kong #4 – Coasteering
Coasteering is the sport where you find a rocky coastline and stay as close to it as possible, either on the rock, or swimming in the water! This is part 4 of my Hiking in Hong Kong series. Read part 1 on the best-known hikes, part 2 on another bunch of good hikes and part […]
Pitiless Traveller: Stream hiking is a really fun adventure activity in Hong Kong which extends your hiking horizons.
Pitiless Traveller: More amazing stuff that you can see if you hike in Hong Kong.
The first of a series of blog posts on Hong Kong’s amazing hiking options!
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Tightly wound at the Thousand Islands
I was having a stressful business trip in Jakarta. The client was pushing back meetings; meetings that were not pushed back were getting delayed with alarming regularity; my work outside of Jakarta was getting negatively affected. I had to extend my trip into the next week so I decided to check out the nearby Thousand […]