Being the completionist that I am, Mexico has been on the top of my “To Travel” list ever since I visited the Taj Mahal in Agra, India last summer. Realizing I had visited four of the “New Seven Wonders of the World“, I made it a goal of mine to visit the remaining three (Chichen […]
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I capped off my 3-month solo adventure across Asia with an incredibly fast-paced 3 weeks in India. Knowing I had a comfortable home life in Vancouver to return to, and having just spent a week chilling in Almaty, Kazakhstan (you can read more about my KZ experience here), I was eager for chaos and novelty
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I went to Kazakhstan (KZ) and had my expectations blown away, which actually isn’t saying much given I had none to begin with. My only exposure with “The Land of Wanderers” was watching Borat last year, a 2006 satire comedy film, which, on the surface portrayed KZ as a terribly unsophisticated place. Even in the
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“Colin, this is the real deal” whispered Law excitedly, as he photographed a nomadic family in their living environment. I couldn’t stop laughing. Law said it as if he was capturing footage of some rare animal when, really, it was just people living their everyday life. We were somewhere on a lunch stop in the
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I left Cambodia after eight days wondering whether I travelled the country “right”. Did I need to stay longer, or did I just not go to the right places? My time in Cambodia featured neither incredible beaches (although I heard the island Koh Rong in the south may tick this box), outdoor adventure, thrilling social
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After 9 days travelling Northern Laos, I have concluded that Laos is the most underrated travel destination in the world. Seriously, I bet the average person in the Western world doesn’t ever think about Laos as a travel destination. I surveyed four friends who travelled extensively throughout SE Asia during exchange semesters to Singapore –
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Graduate Law School — Check. Have four months off before starting a legal career — Check. Save enough money to travel for four months — Check. Plan something for the four months off and be excited about it — Nope. In contrast with my unfortunately cancelled exchange semester to Jerusalem in Fall 2023, something I
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