Is Mui Ne the best beach in Vietnam?
Like a kid in a candy store, travellers are spoilt for choice when it comes to Vietnam’s many beautiful beaches. Blessed with hundreds of white […]
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My 7 Super Shots
I’m no professional photographer – I’m not really a professional anything after quitting my job to backpack through Southeast Asia – but I couldn’t resist taking […]
Why I backpack (and you should too)
It’s raining so I’m sitting in my room, where it’s dark because the light doesn’t work. The bed is as hard as concrete and I […]
A day-tripper’s delight in Dalat
Within ten minutes of arriving in Dalat or Da Lat (I’m still not sure which) I was prepared to do whatever it took to get […]
Ten things you should know before travelling to Laos
For such a small country, Laos has a heck of a lot to recommend to backpackers: the best beer in South East Asia (Beerlao), one […]
Cheeky monkeys: a warning to anyone travelling through Cambodia
Are Cambodians trying to rip you off or are they just really, really bad at mathematics? Since arriving in the country a week ago not […]
Places that give the worst first impressions
Within ten minutes of arriving in the Vietnamese town of Dalat I was ready to throw in the towel. Lost, hungry and tired of playing […]
From Hanoi to Luang Prabang (a love story)
It was off to a fairly underwhelming beginning, delayed in a bitterly cold and threadbare Hanoi Airport due to adverse weather conditions (airport speak for […]
Friends and foes at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium
I stepped off the train in a freezing cold Cardiff and even then, eight hours before kick-off, I knew I was in for something special. […]
Vietnam travel tips (learnt the hard way) – part 2
Welcome to the second part of my Vietnam travel tips extravaganza, where I will share with you, the lovely people who read this travel blog, […]
Vietnam travel tips (learnt the hard way) – part 1
As I round out my tour of duty in Vietnam and prepare to travel into Laos, now seems like the perfect time to reflect on […]
Visiting Ho Chi Minh’s final resting place
Gruff military personnel strip you of your camera as you pass through a metal detector and join a long and somber queue. You slowly make […]