Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

As I set foot on Serendipity Beach my mind cast back to my first backpacking trip when I first marvelled at the beaches located in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. This popular beach town was once described by the Lonely Planet as follows: “Surrounded by white-sand beaches and as-yet undeveloped tropical islands, Sihanoukville (Kompong Som) is Cambodia’s premier…

Most people who visit Africa have one thing in mind: safari! Seeing animals in their natural habitat, hunting wild as they have for thousands of years, is an essential African experience and one that everybody should have at least once in a lifetime. If you spend the time and travel around Africa, you will soon…

magine yourself standing on the peak of an awe inspiring mist awning mountain with nothing more than nature´s glory sprawling out at you in every direction. If that doesn´t tickle your fancy, how about visiting that sacred temple that you thought was only accessible through the sticky pages of National Geographic Explorer? It doesn´t take…

New Zealand, the Land Of The Long White Cloud, needs no introduction. Everybody is aware of its sheer beauty, a beauty brought to a worldwide audience thanks to Peter Jackson’s 2001-2003 Lord of The Rings movie trilogy. Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to spend 6 weeks travelling around this remote, sparsely populated country…

If all roads in Korea lead to Seoul, few roads in Seoul can compare with the bustling hive that is known as Insadong. Insadong is known as ‘the traditional’ street in Seoul where Koreans and foreigners converge on mass to sample a slice of traditional Korean music, performances, culture, street food, antiques, arts, crafts, restaurants…

henever people ask me where I’ve travelled to this year, I begin by mentioning Egypt. Now, entering Egypt isn’t as easy as packing your bags and hopping on a plane. To enter the country, you must satisfy their entry policy. And most importantly, knowing the Egypt visa photo requirements is a necessary first step in…

The moment I step outside of the cozy confines of my Thai flop house I’m inundated by the flashing neon lights of a ritzy nightclub, overwhelmed by the exotic aromas dazzling my senses from nearby street stall vendors and dumbfounded by the madness of crowds passing by and animals scurrying about scrounging for scraps of…

Bangkok is infamously regarded as a whirlpool of a city that chaotically sucks up anything in its path. I absolute love the gritty aspect this city has to offer. Anybody who has spent significant time roaming about the streets and back-alleys likely would have noticed a few furry little feline friends wandering around Bangkok which…

Have you ever thought about traveling around beautiful British Columbia? I’m biased, but I think BC is the best province in all of Canada from a travel standpoint. Here you’ll get to learn more about traveling and backpacking around British Columbia from two experts born, raised and currently residing in British Columbia. The travel blogging…

If you find yourself working as a teacher in the interior of South Korea and have yet to experience a summer here: get ready. A wall of heat and humidity unlike anything that you’ve ever experienced in your life is coming. While you’ll likely have an A/C unit in your apartment (you DO have one…