Venezuela is a natural paradise. Its location means it has some of the most beautiful and impressive tourist destinations in the world. Its coastline towards the Caribbean Sea offers miles of beaches...
Last April, a video of a YouTuber wearing a fake “mask” went viral in Indonesia. The content creator had a fake mask painted on her face and entered a supermarket with her friend. Their prank was...
I’m cheap, but I love to travel. Because of this, I have read a lot of articles about how to travel the world on a budget and have come across my fair share of terrible tips, along with a few good...
Earlier this week, the horrific find of 39 dead bodies in a lorry trailer in Purfleet in Essex shocked the world. The 31 men and eight women were Chinese nationals, one a teenager, and the process of...
It’s early afternoon when we finally work our way through the line at Ran Sushi to take seats at the bar, where the two chefs work deftly as they slice through fish at almost lightning speed,...
One of the books on my New Year reading list is Sari Botton’s award-winning anthology “Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York,” whose contributors include everyone from...
Prior to this week, I hadn't been in New York City in a very long time. I don't want to say that an ice age had passed, but let's just say that the last time I passed by Calvary Cemetery in the rain...
Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film nominee “Kon-Tiki” is a fictionalized account of the Norwegian experimental ethnographer (and subsequent Oscar Award winner) Thor Heyerdahl’s...
Body painting has such an artistic romantic and dreamy ring to it that when I was invited to sing at the world body painting festival, I couldn't say no. One of the world's most unusual festivals,...
There was once a bargain offered to the more privileged inhabitants of the world’s more privileged nation states. It went something like this: We will treat people with brown skin and funny clothes...
