Derek Freal, Author at The HoliDaze

How To Not Act Like An American While Traveling Abroad

So you’re American and you want to travel abroad but are a little worried. Have no fear, the world is ...

Tucked away in Quảng Bình province far removed from most tourists lies the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, home to ...

Part of the beauty of Indonesia is that the country and islands are composed of hundreds of different cultures that ...

When Thiên Đường “Paradise” Cave was discovered in 2005 within Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park it took the title of ...

Many people love Vietnam. Many others, particularly long-term travelers, don’t care for it and feel that one trip was more ...

Few things in life are more amusing in life then those funny signs around the world that you see while ...

Ever thought about white-water rafting the Nile, feeding wild hyenas or living with local tribes in the middle of nowhere? ...

This is a question that I have been struggling with the last few days, since being deported from Indonesia for ...

Regardless of where in the world you may be, or where you may be from, summer is hot. And what ...

As I type this I am locked in a cell in an Indonesian detention center. Why you may ask? Surely ...

This island has long been overlooked by tourists, much to the pleasure of the locals. In fact originally I was ...

I have spent more time in this archipelagic nation than in any other country…some might even argue that I’ve been ...