Belfast, Northern Ireland

This is throwback, hence the gloomy weather and the dark photos that makes it seem that there is an impending doom. I realised I have been slacked, if you want to know, I… Continue reading →

Travelling through the tip of North Sulawesi

The big contrast of Sulawesi and Java is the lush and heavy greenery. On this visit ( worth mentioning this is not my first time here) I went to Manado, Tangkoko Nature Reserve,… Continue reading →

Outside Glasgow – Forth Bridge, The Kelpies and Falkirk Wheel

Although not as famous as Edinburgh,  a city 1 hour away from it, Glasgow and its surrounding has plenty to offer. Before and after my tour around Glasgow, I went to see the… Continue reading →

Traipsing around Glasgow to learn more about Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Have you heard of the name Charles Rennie Mackintosh? If you haven’t, you must have seen things that was originally designed by him and his Wife, Margaret MacDonald. The rose, the typeface, clean lines,… Continue reading →

Lisbon’s Bookshops and other things

There is certainly a contrast  of forms in Lisbon’s bookshop, old beautiful ones with beautiful wooden shelves, selling beautiful books, and those in train station that looked a bit like a cheap bookshop because of… Continue reading →

Hong Kong – A Quick Visit and Some Tips

I have never been interested in visiting Hong Kong, apologies for anyone who lives and loves Hong Kong. This is because all my friends that have similar taste to mine and have been to Hong… Continue reading →

Three Castles and a Train Journey to the Valleys

Staying slightly outside of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, encourages me to look around South Wales’ country side. It turns out that it is littered with castles. For a country side this… Continue reading →

A Visit to Arnhem – The Netherlands

Like England I have never considered The Netherlands as a travel destination. I lived there for a few years, some of my extended family lives there and also according to my mum I… Continue reading →

Studland Village – Dorset – England

Not so far away from Corfe Village, this is another tiny village in the coastal Dorset. I have been here so many times but I made an effort to take some pictures just… Continue reading →

Jersey – Channel Islands – UK

My last post on a pretty village in Dorset, got so many good response, I started to look for all my pictures of other more obscure places in the UK. It turns out… Continue reading →

The Village of Corfe Castle and Swanage – Dorset – England

Having been to many places in England , I would say the south coast is one of the prettiest part of it. Is a place of inspiration for Enid Blyton, Thomas Hardy and… Continue reading →

Eva’s Surabaya

Moving on from Jakarta, don’t fret I might do more on Jakarta, but as Indonesia is huge I want to move on to another part of the country, Surabaya, East Java. This time… Continue reading →

My 2014 Travel recap and a note to self

I have officially packed away my bagpack for the year. No more travel plans. This year has been immense amount of travelling, that I developed a system to pack quickly and lightly that… Continue reading →

The Razzle Dazzle of Chicago – 4 things to do

Chicago funnily enough reminds me a lot of Sydney. Maybe it’s the Skyscrappers and its harbour to one of the Great Lakes,Lake Michigan, that made me think that. A week is probably not… Continue reading →

Weirdest art exhibition I have been to

They recommend to not do any superlatives on ones blog, because it will be boring if you found yet another one that tops your earlier judgement, and you keep repeating yourself. But this… Continue reading →

My Viennese Whirl

Hi everyone! It has been awhile. On this part of the update it is simply about the sights that I saw and visited, then there’ll be ones about the museums and art galleries,… Continue reading →

Slovakian Food – Bratislava

The great thing about the rain, was that I get to sit in cafes and restaurants and eat and drink. One thing that Bratislava is not in shortage of is Cafes. They are… Continue reading →

Bratislava in the rain

This trip actually made me question how much weather make or break your holiday, and it is something you don’t have any control or can change. For those who have been reading this… Continue reading →

Biaritz, Bastille day and Bayonne – France

One week in France with a day trip to Bilbao was the perfect getaway after 2 weeks of problems in Indonesia. We took my car on the ferry from Weymouth via Guernsey and… Continue reading →

40 hours in Vilnius – Lithuania

In my previous update I said that Bucharest is my favourite European Capital city. Well, I think it is sharing place with Vilnius. Why? Vilnius is very pretty too. Plus it is got… Continue reading →