You Must See Alif & Terra Pavilions in Expo City
Alif and Terra are two showcases in Expo City, which is a new township constructed for Dubai’s World Expo 2020. I finally had the opportunity...
Museum of the Future: The Daring Optimism of Dubai
Although my writings often include historical context, I am also somewhat of a futurist. Unlike many who are into history, my interest is not because...
Layover in Hulhumale: The First Suburb in the Maldives?
My discovery of Hulhumale, and that the Maldives somehow managed to have a suburb on an atoll, was entirely unplanned. All I meant to do...
Notes from a Malaysian’s Unexpected Trip to Vanuatu
As I arrived in Port Vila, I thought about how I even ended up there. It wasn’t that I never planned to visit Vanuatu. Ever...
Tales of the World War II Dive Sites in Espiritu Santo
When I hosted an Australian traveller some years back, she told me she had taught on Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo, to be exact. I don’t quite...
Going to See Sandroing in the National Museum of Vanuatu
When I was forced to change my travel plans from the Great Barrier Reef to Vanuatu, I quickly looked up things to do there. Aside...