To add to the first article I wrote previously on travel scams, I decided to post additional tips on how not to get scammed, cheated and lied to while traveling… If you missed my first article on How to Avoid Travel Scams, I was covering some of the most common ways people have tried to take advantage of tourists. As I…

After our snorkeling trip, we had decided to go scuba diving in Kecil the next day. And since scuba diving has always been on my list of "Things to Do before I Die" and with the cost to go scuba diving so inexpensive here in the Perhentian Islands, I decided why not. Plus, I already knew how great the waters were…

Snorkeling the Perhentian Islands is one of the most popular reasons to head to these beautiful islands in Malaysia. And on our second day here, that's exactly what we did. These Malaysian islands have some of the best snorkeling around and there are so many great places you can go to take advantage of the aquatic life that surrounds you. Some…

When we finally arrived to Kecil, we were very excited but it was quite an adventure getting here. Not because this place is necessarily hard to get to. But we had left Russia roughly 35 hours before arriving here and we had jumped from 2 airplanes, 2 taxis, 2 buses and 1 speedboat to get here... it was clearly beach time…

After flying out of Irkutsk, Russia on a 2AM flight, we were on a mission of sorts to go to Kuala Lumpur to Perhentian Islands of Malaysia just as soon as we could. On this go around, I'd only have about 10 days to travel while in Malaysia and I was really hoping to make the best of it. With our…

So here I am, again, traveling Irkutsk for the 3rd time and luckily finding some alternative things to do while in this Siberian city. We had just come back from a few days spent traveling Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal which was amazing (if you're in Irkutsk, go there!). But now I'm back again in Irkutsk, traveling and looking for some…