Review: Stay at the Bosville Hotel in Portree Isle of Skye
Looking for accommodation options in the Isle of Skye can be challenging, especially if you’re heading there during the peak months of …
Review: Visiting the Clachaig bar for dinner in Glencoe
Our hosts at Heatherlea BnB were very helpful, and gave several suggestions on where to go for dinner. We decided to visit …
Photo story: Driving to the Commando Memorial in Fort William
We had planned to drive from Glencoe to Isle of Skye, and decided to stop by Fort William along the way. Specifically, …
A visit to the Brewdog bar in London
Friend S and I love Brewdog Punk IPA beers. We used to buy them from Redmart and I currently have a few …
Seven ways to not let your period spoil a trip
I love travelling, but I absolutely dread it when I have an inkling that my period is about to arrive during a …
Shopping at a Russian supermarket in Moscow
This is a continuation from my previous post on: A Recommendation: Affordable accommodation in Moscow, Izmailovo Gamma Delta There was a supermarket near …
Off the beaten track – Moscow’s Danilov Monastery in Photos
Moscow’s Danilov Monastery is quite far off the beaten track, that I could safely say, only 1 in about 50 tourists who …
Hero from Moscow: Vladimir Putin, Russia’s macho leader
The Travelling Squid is usually not so tabloidish, but I’m bursting to tell you about a hero from Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s …
St Basil’s Cathedral: A Photo Story
This is a continuation from: Four top sights to visit around Moscow’s Red Square If you, like me mistook the colourful domes of …
Trans Siberian Day 1: Beijing to Er Lian 北京出发!
If you had asked me when I first stepped out of the Trans Siberian train at 4am on a cold Thursday morning, …