Plot Bank holidays in Thailand usually fall on a Monday or Friday. On one such 4 day weekend, four friends and I decided to embark on an excursion trip. To make the most of our three full days away, we needed to squeeze in as many activities as possible without compromising quality. A relaxed afternoon at the beach to gossip about everything that matters, a cave hike to challenge our fitness levels, a forest walk to compensate for concrete jungle life; a swim in the ocean jus

Finding a good photographer in a foreign city can be hard, but when you do find one, you can expect to have a good time shooting, and receiv

Saumon grillé - La Voûte restaurant Antibes. Served steaming hot and was oh so delicious! I had never noticed the difference in dinner times across the globe until Edu and I started dating. Where I’m from, dinner can be served as early as 6.30 pm and goes to 7.30 pm. 8 pm would be pushing it. Where he’s from dinner starts at 9 pm and goes as late as midnight. The compromise between a Zimbabwean and a Spaniard became 8 pm. We met in Bangkok where this is a good time to arrive

It is very easy to think any visa application you make after having been issued visa(s) by other foreign countries is a no-brainer. You have a travel history. A clean one at that because you’ve never over stayed, committed a crime in any of the destinations or even your own, or been blacklisted for any reason while on your travels. Any official who looks at your passport and searches your records should find you to be an upstanding global citizen. Right? This is what I used t

Lovelyn Mashave/Lyn_Chido Desperate to get a breather from the madness in my birthplace, I moved to Thailand to study an MBA in International Business at Stamford International University. Stamford is a member of the Laureate International Universities. I was on a student visa. The Thai consulate issues a 3-month visa to start with, and the holder must apply for an extension before it expires. If you’re from Africa, or one of selected Asian countries, you get a three or six-m