Wanderings

Just as Mark Twain asserted in his book The Innocents Abroad, travel becomes an infallible elixir for the disease of bigotry. Through travel, I have been introduced to people’s complexities. It enabled self-reflection by forcing me to compare here and there. My worldview has shifted and I’ve never been the same. The very word travel encompasses...Read More

Whether you have a few minutes or an hour or two, a book can inspire you to travel to faraway lands whilst sipping a cuppa in your favourite armchair.  What better time to open a book and set off on a new adventure. Here are my Top 8 books to help you to travel without leaving...Read More

As we head into the last final weeks of a pretty crummy winter we thought it might be nice to share a little bit of colour and light to brighten your day and to get you thinking about your travels once the restrictions are lifted. The following is a list adapted from the article from Traveller.com.au...Read More

Maybe you signed up to the card because it had a discounted or free first-year annual fee? If you’re not sure whether to keep the card for a second year or not, the researchers have done their work and prepared a handy step-by-step guide to determining exactly how much value you are getting.Read More

The concept of “revenge spending” emerged in China in the 1980s with descriptions of burgeoning consumer demand following the poverty of the Cultural Revolution. In the past few months, researchers have reapplied it to the resurgent spending on luxury goods, as strict stay-at-home orders eased across China. In April, for example, a single Hermès store raked...Read More