koh Phangan

My Ups and downs living in Koh Phangan

Happiness only real when shared—Christopher McCandless    At a restaurant, In Haadrin, Koh phangan, head down, staring at my Shnitzel sandwitch, my second and last meal of the day, background sounds of the tv show “friends” playing. I feel a tap on my shoulder, I look up and no it’s not the waiter, it’s no…

My week in Beijing

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Day 1, Tuesday: Meeting my Host   The bullet train to Beijing took about 6 hours from Shanghai, this, more than anything else, made me realize how enormous…

My trip to busan, south korea

After one unforgettable week in Tokyo, I head over to Busan,Korea, following my original itinerary. Now, here is the thing, I knew Tokyo would put the bar way too high and I can’t lie to you I was kind of afraid of getting bored there, but since  Korea was awesome enough to welcome Moroccans with no visa…

My trip to Vancouver

Going to Vancouver was a decision I made as soon as I saw I had enough points in my Aeroplan account that  I can’t use in my trip to Asia since I’m eligible to get a free flight only if it’s a round-trip, it was kinda the same way I went to New York last November,…

Planing a trip is overwhelming

Few weeks back I had this question from a friend on Facebook : how is the planning of the trip? I looked at it and I felt the need of hugging the person maybe because it was the first time I actually got asked that exact simple question since I’ve been planing this trip for at…

Dream big and set unrealistic goals

   In the last four years I went through huge changes in my life, only because I was introduced to this Idea about having big dreams, early in my life, and how they shape your future without even realizing it. At 18 years old I decided to leave Morocco and go study in Canada and…