India has been building airports and putting on flights galore in order to position itself as a major player in the airport hub sector. The problem though is that while everything looks shiny from the outside, there are far too many political, infrastructural, and operational problems to make it truly viable as a transit hub….
In some ways it feels like we are living in the era of the shit budget airline. Over the last decade their growth has been exponential, and it is far from just a European disease. Every region now has its own clone, all promising cheap flights, all delivering some variation of misery. And while some…
Gili T and the Gili Islands in general are awash with great budget hotels from $20-30 a night that include decent rooms with shared pools. Start raising your budget though and things get insane for just a few bucks more. And prime center on this is the well located and frankly stunning Utara Villas. Here…
Perhaps what makes traveling so special is that everything tends to be in a state of flux. And this can be for a multitude of reasons, such as a former hidden gem now being overrun to saturation point, a formerly friendly people now becoming hostile, or worse still the visa regime no longer even supporting…
Sadly the days of Thailand being the epicentre for backpackers is now at an end as people are increasingly getting turned away at the border, rules keep changing, it is getting prohibitively expensive and overall the country is a god-damned basket case. Therefore it is my educated opinion that you should instead head to one…
Sanur is a classically sleepy Bali town that lacks the glitz and glamour, and hookers of Denaspar and Kuta, but still manages to retain the pretentiousness of the rest of the island. It is a place where older expats retire, families relax, and tourists stroll along the beachfront without fear of losing a sandal in…
