In a climate where more people are competing for the same jobs, and more people have degrees than ever, how can you make yourself stand out when you don’t have a degree? At 21 I had dropped out of university twice. The only thing I seemed to be good at was giving -up. To rub
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Petra’s One Mile Wonder: From the Siq to the Treasury
I step inside a mile-long meandering gorge, in a place completely unlike anywhere else I have been before. I carry on walking until the rose coloured rock carving known to the world as the Treasury starts to famously appear. Then I stop and stare. It’s funny that Petra has become synonymous with the Treasury, yet
48 hours in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This is a guest post brought to you by Wan Phing, the online editor at AsiaRooms.com. No other city in Southeast Asia has intrigued me as much as Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city also known as Saigon. During my recent trip to this southern Vietnamese metropolis, I was overwhelmed by the warmth of
WINDSWEPT: EXPLORING WADI RUM BY JEEP
Sand leapt from the floor of the desert like crashing waves as we sped through Wadi Rum and left behind a whirling path of tyre tracks. The ride was full of wind and haze. The faster we drove the hazier it got, and the line between desert and sky merged into one almost invisible horizon.
DRESS LIKE A BEDOUIN (AKA WHAT TO WEAR IN JORDAN)
You want to be respectful, so what should you wear in a Muslim country like Jordan? In England I wouldn’t think twice about showing my knees and shoulders but these are some of the things we need to think about when going to a Muslim country like Jordan. I went to Marrakech at the beginning
AMMAN: I GREW TO LOVE YOU, BUT YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT EASY
Amman is the capital and largest city in Jordan, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. On first impressions it’s all over the place, but after finding your ground, all the pieces of the city seem to come together. Arriving into Amman at around 8:00pm, we hopped into a taxi
BEDOUIN NIGHT IN THE WADI RUM DESERT
The sky starts to turn a softer shade of blue, the gaze from the sun is no longer obvious, there are no clouds, no rolling breezes, but the air begins to feel light, the sand is turning amber – sunset is approaching in Wadi Rum. The sun hasn’t stopped beating down all day, so I’m thankful for
FLOATING IN THE DEAD SEA
The Dead Sea has a rich history – from Biblical writings, to how the Egyptians used the mud in their mummification process – but little has changed since the days of Cleopatra, who lusted after its healing properties and built the world’s first ever spa along its shores. It is difficult not to get caught
WEST LAKE – CHINA’S MOST FAMOUS LAKE
Described by Marco Polo as “the finest and most beautiful city in the world” Hangzhou still offers a glimpse of old China despite the attention it receives from a swarm of tourists. Its midst shrouded shores are lined with landscape gardens, pagodas, teahouses and classic pavilions with names like Moon Lake and Calm Lake to
JIU HUA BUDDHIST MOUNTAIN
If you love mountains but seek interaction with nature, culture and architecture, then Jiu Hua Sacred Buddhist Mountain in the Anhui province of China is the perfect place. Speaking of the mountain my guide said ”Many Buddhists come from all over the world and see this as a pilgrimage” as it is one of the four holy mountains of Chinese
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