When we left on our travels, we wanted to immerse ourselves in new cultures, meet interesting people and generally just have fun. We weren’t looking to “find ourselves” or change…
We’ve been in Thailand over a week now but the first five days we were enjoying the luxuries of air-con and hot showers in a boutique hotel in Bangkok. We’d…
Angkor Wat is Cambodia’s most iconic temple complex and top of the list for anyone visiting the country. The Unesco World Heritage site, known for its symmetry and intricate carvings,…
It’s been a while since our last post, our first 11 days in Cambodia have been jam packed and we had some friends fly over from England to meet us…
We’ve been slightly off the grid of late, staying in a couple of remote homestays in the Mekong Delta and it really lived up to our expectations.
We went to Hoi An with two things in mind, the full moon lantern festival and Banh Mi, a French baguette style sandwich packed full of meats, fresh veg and…
We decided the only way to travel from Hue to Hoi An was on the back of a motorbike! We travelled with Hieu and his son Tam from Hue riders…
Last week we ventured out into the countryside and the relatively unseen paddy fields of Ninh Binh. We were staying at Nguyen Shack Homestay, a great little place in the…
Last night we decided to go on a street food tour round Hanoi’s old quarter. We were picked up in a cyclo and dropped off at a random restaurant where…
We stumbled across this street kitchen today, mainly packed out with locals but the guy was so friendly to tourists as well. Only one thing on the menu, so ordering…
…7th place! We’d heard good things about Minh Thuy’s family restaurant so decided to give it a go. There were Vietnamese and Western dishes on the menu but we came…
Sour cream and chive pretzels to be exact, washed down with a Halida beer at the start of our journey with Vietnam Airlines. We’d read a lot of bad reviews…