For the past few years now, Thomas and I have been devoted gym rats.  By gym rats what I really mean is that we try our best to be active, go to the gym, and lead relatively healthy lives.  If we fail to do any of the three, we sit in a puddle of guilt. […]

The Straits Times published an article today referencing a survey which claimed Singapore to be the top Asian city for expats.  And that got is thinking, because it’s true, Singapore is a pretty darn good place to live.  Some say we’ve cheated by living in Singapore for our first overseas experience, and others say we’ve […]

A while back we wrote a post about various scams to look out for when visiting the island of Bali (Read: 6 Common Scams to Avoid in Bali).  Since then, a couple of videos have surfaced on YouTube showing two such scams in action. The first video shows a man pulled over by police for […]

Having just read Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel for 2013, we were both disappointed and elated to see Sri Lanka take the top spot.  Disappointed because we just went in 2012, when it didn’t count, and elated because we DID go to Sri Lanka.  And boy was it AWESOME! Civil war over.  2004 tsunami all […]

As is the case in most poorer countries, there are many people out there looking to relieve foreigners of their “riches”.  Some honestly, and some not so honestly.  Being subject to one or two in our day, we thought it best to warn all of you planning a trip to Bali of some of the […]