Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

When most travellers talk about culture shock they refer to it in the sense of the feeling they get when they leave home and travel to a new far flung destination. Or also in the sense of ‘reverse’ culture shock when they return home after a period of travelling and...
15 Ways To Fit In Like A Local In China

15 Ways To Fit In Like A Local In China

Okay maybe that title is a little ambitious because owing to my appearance I’ll never fit in like a local. Neither will J. Between my heavily freckled skin and his beard people just don’t know who to stare at first most of the time. However, I can give you...
First Impressions of Buenos Aires

First Impressions of Buenos Aires

Unlike J (check out his blog ‘Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires’) this is my first time in Argentina, so I thought you might be interested in hearing my first impressions of both Buenos Aires and living abroad. Taking in the city! It really is...
Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires

Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires

The last time I came to Buenos Aires was over 10 years ago in 2004. Back then the political landscape was an economy that had recently flatlined, there had been widespread civil unrest which had seen thousands of people regularly taking to the streets to noisily...