I spent more time in Varkala than I probably should have, but this place so peaceful and relaxing. I got my dell laptop fixed again so I had to wait for a while. Seven passed so quickly. I spend my time relaxing on the beaches, body surfing the rough waves, and sipping fresh fruit shakes [...]

On my ferry trip from Alleppey down to Varkala I decide to spend the night at Ama’s Ashram. From a distance it looks like an old deserted hotel. The building rise high over the backwaters overlooking both the waterway and the ocean with a layer of palm trees between them. Ama’s ashram focuses mainly on [...]

I really enjoyed the backwaters tour and decide to head down south to one of the main places to explore the backwaters, a town called Alleppey. I was told by my fellow Dubai dragonboaters that this town is also known for large dragonboat competitions where they race boats that seat 100+ people. The bus journey [...]

It’s hard to know where to start for India. This is one of the few countries I’ve been to with such rich diversity and atypical traveling experience. I arrived in Kochin India which is one of the main large cities in the Kerala state in the southwestern edge of India. The airport was definitely not [...]

Dan and I head back to Dubai in hurry after not finding much in Oman. At the border I get a fresh stamp for another 30days, but I know I’ll be gone before that. I’ve already booked a flight that departs next week to Kochin, India. The rest of my Dubai experience is a series [...]

For me Oman is a visa run much like it is for a lot of the expats residing and working in Dubai. Since the working visa is such an arduous task to get in UAE, requiring an inordinate amount of paperwork, time, and even more hoop jumping, most people just work on the free default [...]