If you’re looking for something different to do in Hue, hire a scooter and set off in search of Ho Thuy Tien abandoned waterpark – a popular spot for urban…
How to survive an overnight train in India
You’re waiting on the platform and the train arrives ten minutes early. As you board, your steward checks your tickets and takes you to your cabin, where plush beds with…
The Port City of Kochi
Kerala’s port city of Kochi is a big tourist draw, with its complex history reflected in both the culture and architecture. From Chinese fishing nets, ancient mosques and spice markets,…
Alleppey, the backwaters of Kerala
When most people think of Kerala, the first place that comes to mind is the Alleppey backwaters. Lush green scenery with rivers and waterways filled with floating houseboats. Small villages surrounded…
Varkala – The “mini Goa” of Kerala
If you’re looking for an alternative to Goa, then just a couple of hours up the coast from Thiruvananthapuram is Varkala, a small beach town with a big focus on yoga,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Capital of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (or Trivandrum) is the largest city and gateway to the state of Kerala. We just stayed a few days, but found it to be a pretty clean and laid…
How to choose a company for the Inca Trail
A once in a lifetime trip, walking the original Inca pathways to the 550 year old citadel of Machu Picchu. There are hundreds of companies offering Inca Trail treks and…
Things to do in Krakow
Krakow is one of the oldest cities in Poland, there is so much to see and do in the city and surrounding area. It’s incredible value for money and with…
A moving visit to Auschwitz
Auschwitz is probably the most famous former concentration camp and site of mass genocide in the world. From 1940-1945 around one and a half million people, mainly Jewish, were tortured…
How to travel to Easter Island on a budget
The mysterious Easter Island lies 3,600 km off the coast of Chile. Covered in hundreds of Moai statues, it still holds the secrets of a lost civilisation. Many people dream of…
Top 5 Travel Scams in Latin America
We wrote before about our top 10 travel scams in South-East Asia and although many of them weren’t particularly dangerous, they were all quite annoying and had the potential to…
Varanasi, the spiritual heart of India
“Don’t go to Varanasi.” That’s what we were warned by a few fellow travellers. “You’ll either love it or hate it,” others had said. It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted….
Beauty and the Bizarre in Orchha
Orchha is a small town on the river Betwa in India’s northern Madhya Pradesh, a beautiful ancient land filled with magnificent forts, medieval palaces and sacred temples steeped in history…
Alipura and the Kama Sutra Temples of Khajuraho
Alipura is a small rural town in Madhya Pradesh. Around eighty percent of the Indian population live in small towns and villages like this one and it was a breath…