a third-world scorpion encounter and other hurty events abroad

Most accidents happen five minutes from home. This eerie warning was emailed to me from my mum just before I left Cambodia for Vietnam. T...

i know i said i wouldn't but i ate a tarantula

I've heard the average human consumes about eight spiders in a lifetime while they're asleep. Now I don't know about you, but an...

i paid to have fish suck my toes

I got f'issues, man. Plunging your footsies into a tank of skin-sucking carp might not sound like a great way to unwind, but in coun...

so I ate a cricket... what of it?

And it was still better than that suspect pork soup I had last week (containing God knows what parts of the animal), which I dutifully shove...

mum, don't read this

Let me begin by stating, I'm okay . I'm safe, healthy, happy and growing older and wiser by the day. Now... If I may just brief...

phnom penh style: volunteering in cambodia

When my transfer arrived at Phnom Penn Airport in the form of a dusty red tuk tuk, it was with slightly more than a hint of chagrin that I t...

cambodian food for my mouth hole

Don't ever make the mistake of observing out loud, while slurping down your amok, that Khmer food is "quite similar to Thai"....

europe... meh

  Eiffel Tower... Pont des Arts a.k.a. "Lovers' Bridge"...   Baguette...   St Peter's Basillic...

phoneless in Paris

  So I managed to navigate through my Euro trip without any major hiccups, missed flights or lost property. Until Paris. On my sister’s ...

cinque terre, you could get away with murder!

Vernazza, view of the town from the terrace restaurant Cinque Terre, don't think I don't know exactly what you're doing....

travel provisions

Before skipping off to Europe I was chuffed to received some fancy KiKi K travel gifts from work colleagues (gawwww, you guys know me too we...

birthdays and farewells

I have the greatest friends in the world.  Last night I had one last pre-Eurotrip blowout for my 29th and my amazingly talented friend Dimi ...

travel warning: vaccinations cost a sh*t load of money

So you think you've budgeted for just about everything. Even those stupidly irresistible mini travel shampoos made the list. Now all tha...

nyc: sleep no more

IMAGE: sleepnomorenyc.com Say what you will about my beloved Gossip Girl, but its shameless servitude to trends led me to this next NYC g...