THREATENING LANDLORDS During one stay in Vietnam, I found myself in one of the most surreal rental situations I’d ever experienced. Despite always being honest and consistently paying my rent Continue Reading
How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 6
CHAPTER 6: LAST POINTS AND WRAP-UP Following from the numbered list started in Chapter 3, 4 and 5, here you have another final overview about more specific Vietnam aspects. 27) Continue Reading
How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5: MOVING FORWARD Following up from the numbered list available in Chapters 3 and 4, here you have more advanced points happening after some months upon your arrival in Continue Reading
How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 3
CHAPTER 3: FIRST STEPS TO MOVE TO VIETNAM FROM ABROAD Following Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 preliminary and postliminary documents requirements, here you have the most updated FAQs regarding moving Continue Reading
How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2: POSTLIMINARY DOCUMENTS Once you have gathered all the documents mentioned in Chapter 1, you can ask the school to submit for you a Work Permit (WP) application, as Continue Reading
How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTS Before starting, I would like to clearly highlight that every case, nationality, school and location may set a different scenario. Here I am just reporting my Continue Reading
The ultimate local experience at Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Tawi-Tawi is probably the most remote and peculiar archipelago in all Philippines. It is closer to Malaysia and Borneo than to Manila. They speak local languages like Tausug and Sama Continue Reading
The overland log from Makassar (Indonesia) to Tawau (Malaysia)
THE OVERLAND LOG FROM MAKASSAR TO TAWAU This is my land route from Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia) to Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. 1) MAKASSAR – PARE PARE, 141 KM, 3 hours, by Continue Reading
10 Days in East Timor (Timor Leste) as a low-budget backpacker
East Timor is certainly not a main tourist spot. A few international expats are living in the capital Dili, but not so eye-catching. Again this a small country for pure Continue Reading
Exploring wild Semau Island (West Timor) as an independent solo traveller
There is one little island opposite Kupang (West Timor, Indonesia) which is at the same time very wild and unexplored; but also quite easily reachable from Tenau Port in Kupang. Continue Reading
How to hike Agung Volcano, Bali, alone and without a guide
The big problem with Indonesia and Bali, especially, is that tourists are the perfect targets for extra-charges. They are indeed responsible for their own doom, as they are flocking in Continue Reading
How to travel overland from Hat Yai (Thailand) to George Town (Malaysia)
Thailand works as a vital access corridor for overlanders to the Equatorial Southeastern Asia composed by Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It hence virtually opens the door Continue Reading
How to cross the Kawthaung (Myanmar) – Ranong (Thailand) border by boat
To my amazement, I discovered how extended Myanmar is. We are talking about almost 3000 Km from North to South. Only from Yangon (which lies quite in the South) you can Continue Reading
How to travel overland from Imphal (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar)
Since August 2018 it has become now possible to independently travel from India to Myanmar overland (see official news here). Before, special permits and tour operators were required to cross Continue Reading
Travel Log (Southeastern Asia)
This section is quite a detailed diary with all my movements across the involved countries in Southeastern Asia. Besides functioning as a sort of “position tracker”, it will hopefully provide Continue Reading