Urban Travel Blog

Author: Vince Robbins

Born and raised in California, Vince is a screenwriter with a love of both foreign travel, and his home town of Los Angeles. Vince is our eye on the West Coast and the first ever Urban Travel Blogger to go "On The Road". Read his full profile here.

The United States’ second biggest city has got it all. Beaches, boulevards, baseball and Beverly Hills. Vince Robbins guides us through the iconic American metropolis for one helluva wild weekend break… People relish in passing judgement on Los Angeles; maybe they think they’ve seen it all on the screen. “It’s…

Several months after arriving back in Los Angeles, we ask our intrepid explorer Vince Robbins to reflect on his ten weeks “On The Road” in South East Asia… here are his highlights and life lessons learned (don’t worry these don’t include “finding himself”). For me traveling is often an experiment;…

Vince‘s journey takes him to Taipei where he explores the night markets, climbs Taipei 101 and takes a cable car ride into the misty mountains… refreshment comes in the form of coffee, teas and dumplings. Remember the feeling I mentioned when I first arrived in Bangkok? Finally, back in an…

After sanitised stays in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Vince Robbins welcomes the chaos, charisma – and basketball courts – of the Philippines. Join him as he explores Manila, Cebu and Boracay… As our few days in Singapore came to a close, with no plans ahead of us except a flight…

There’s no chance of a dip in the rooftop pool of the Marina Bay Sands, but Vince does at least dip into the local cuisine as he samples, all too briefly, Singapore… After the short stop off in Kuala Lumpur we kept up the turbo pace and only spent a…