Solo Female Travel in Bangladesh is no joke. You need to be mentally and physically ready. It’s a Muslim Pic ‘N’ Mix box of sickly sweet experiences, endlessly jabbing, twisting and pulling at each and every one of your delicate senses. Get ready girl…
Travel in the Philippines is booming big time and Filipinos are saving up their pennies to explore their amazing backyard. Say hello to Shayne. A lady who went traveling solo in the Philippines to see what it was like and said, ‘Yep, I don’t mind this at all! I’ll keep doing a little more’ and since then, she hasn’t really stopped! Find out more about this lovely little lady here…
‘Are you ready?’ he gently said. I took a deep breath in and the Thai Monk began his magical art of blessing me with a Sak Yant Tattoo. Like a precise sewing machine needle, the bamboo tip repeatedly pierced my skin and the pain oozed deep into my back as the red herbal ink became a part of me. ‘Don’t pass out’ I whispered to myself…’You need this’.
‘Beep Beep! ‘Squishing my arms into my torso, resembling a sardine caught in saltwater rush hour, I squeezed my way through the exhilarating pulse of Bangkok. Slowly sinking into the hazy grey above, the sun was bidding adieu to another frantic day in this beautifully diverse city.
Are you looking for the best Bangkok food stalls? Only have 4 hours to do it? Travel in Thailand has gone and outdone itself. The sun has set and there is an absolute treat in store for you. You can now blitz your way through Bangkok on a nighttime Bangkok Tuk Tuk Food Tour with a local who knows the absolute best and hidden spots. I jumped right on board, got chomping and am going to share all the best Bangkok Food Stalls I found with you!
Far away off the Eastern coast of Taiwan, lies the charming and isolated volcanic land of Green Island. Amongst the crystal clear waters where tourists flock to scuba dive and sit in one of only three seawater hot springs in the world, lies a repressive past. Political prisoners were shipped off here to the concentration camp of Green Island Prison to live a terrible life of thought and hard labour reform. The prison remains standing today and open to exploration. Read on to see what Teacake discovered.
I decided that if I was going to get stuck anywhere in Taiwan during the crazy typhoon, Lanyu Island would be a beautiful place to perish if the elements did their worst. The next five days, amongst hiding in my locked down hotel as the rain tried to tear the doors down, were an epic adventure. Here are 15 reasons why you MUST go to Lanyu Island, Taiwan.
Amongst all the bubble tea, scooters and glorious coastlines, Taiwan’s Chinese culture has a ferocious force to wrestle with. Rising from the deep and dark belly of the underworld, August chimes the beginning and opening of the dreaded Gates of Hell. Waves of ghostly beings, believed to be hungry and need of a seriously good feed, erupt from the ground’s opening and descend on our land of the living. Stemming from a magical mix of Taoist and Buddhist beliefs, delectable banquets, festivities and the burning of paper money commences and the feeding frenzy begins! Welcome to the Taiwan Ghost Festival.
Far away from the pumping neon-lit streets of Shanghai’s glitz and glam nightlife, deep within the seemingly tranquil and leafy tree-lined streets of the French Concession, Shanghai has a dark and ‘candy’ fuelled past. Are you searching for an alternative and wonderfully informative evening in Shanghai? Push aside your current identity and join Teacake in the exciting and dangerous underworld of the Shanghai Gangster Tour!
I just had to get the hell out of Shanghai. A city which I have struggled to form a bond with for the last year and a half. Through the diminishing ancient culture, thick smoggy skies and an increasing feeling of being in a metropolis enclosure, our relationship result has come out as a C minus.
