Adventure and Cultural Travel with a Sustainable Twist
Hello from Otavalo! Otavalo is a small city about 2 hours by bus from Quito. It’s most famous for its Saturday indigenous market, but I’m here for an entire week – doing another intensive Spanish course, this time with Mundo Andino Spanish School. Similar to the course with Yanapuma, I’m Continue Reading
After saying goodbye to Yanapuma on Friday, I went with some other girls from the school to the Teleférico – a cable car that takes you up the volcano Pichincha to Cruz Loma (4,100m above sea level). Just another 1,300m above Quito – it couldn’t be that bad… or so Continue Reading
If you’re looking to get a real feel for Ecuador’s capital in as little time as possible, a Quito walking tour is the way to go. How do I know? Well, for my final cultural excursion with Yanapuma Spanish School, we went on a walking tour through some of the Continue Reading
[Updated 2017] Living in Singapore, you get ready access to a huge variety of cuisines. However, one cuisine that we don’t get much exposure to is South American cuisine. While there are some similarities with Indian food, Ecuadorean food is definitely very new to me and deserves its own post! Continue Reading
After visiting the Basilica of Quito, we strolled through a small neighbourhood park with some kids at the playground. The school holidays end in two weeks, so these kids were making the most out of it! My teacher-guide remarked that fewer kids frequent the playgrounds these days – many prefer Continue Reading
Ever wondered how long it takes to fly from Singapore to South America? It took me about 36 hours, with stopovers in London and Miami. Thank goodness for in-flight entertainment! On Miami – if the airport is anything to go by, it seems that almost everyone in Miami can speak Continue Reading
As some of you may know, I’m currently taking a career break and am in South America to travel, improve my Spanish and do a little volunteering. The plan is to spend the bulk of my time in Ecuador but explore a little of Peru and Colombia as well. Why Continue Reading
I’ve attended my fair share of weddings, but I’d never been to a Thai wedding before. Imagine my delight at being invited to the wedding of my friend Kheng, who’s from Bangkok! It’s really intriguing how weddings reflect the culture of the couple getting married. It was fascinating to observe Continue Reading
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Bangkok, having worked there briefly before (in fact, I dedicated a whole post to it in the wake of the terrorist attacks last year). However, I don’t visit it as often as I’d like. Thankfully, in May, I had the perfect Continue Reading
After spending a week in Fiji, we were due to fly out on a Saturday and get home on Sunday. The day started out innocuously enough: Ziplining In the morning, we went ziplining with Zip Fiji – they have a few locations all over Fiji but this one in Nadi Continue Reading