Nepal – One Month After The Quake
It is now clear that the April 25 and following May 12 earthquakes that hit Nepal have created one of the worst disasters to ever strike the country. Over 8,500 people have lost their lives and more than double that number have been injured. Thousands of family breadwinners are out of work with international tourism […]
Placing Intelligence into the Art of Luxury
Quick question for you – what’s your favorite James Bond film? Dr. No? Goldeneye? On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? Certainly not The Living Daylights. Point is, there’s no single answer – Bond is a subjective experience that everyone appreciates differently. It might seem like a bit of a stretch, but luxury travel is defined by […]
Smiling Albino’s Deluxe Cycling Tours
Smiling Albino offers deluxe cycling tours in and around Bangkok as an addition, or even included, in your Thailand travel adventures. We have city tours that appeal to history and architecture buffs, rural tours for nature lovers, or a combination of the two, with distances and routes tailored to all levels of cyclists. What is […]
White Water Rafting in Thailand
It’s often said that Thailand has two seasons – hot and dry, and hot and rainy. It’s actually a bit more complicated than that, but yeah… we can see how it might seem that way sometimes. When many people hear ‘the rainy season’ it sometimes puts a bad picture in their head – who wants to vacation when […]
Fire Fighter’s Global Charity Cycle
Burnaby Fire Captain and fundraiser Rudy Pospisil is cycling around the world to raise awareness to fight cancer. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the idea to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle was born when he was diagnosed with cancer fourteen years ago. Over time, his entire family was diagnosed with cancer — even his dog.