Back to the future... in Sapa, Vietnam
A good friend of mine always tells me that we call 'now' and 'today' the present because it is a gift. As simple as it seems, it’s a...
Slowly but surely... in Luang Prabang, Laos
Waiting in Luang Prabang airport for our flight to Vietnam, I’m wondering where to start with my experience of Laos. So many things -...
Happily ever after... in Phnom Penh
Cambodia: Part Two. Read Part One. It was time to leave Siem Reap to go to Cambodia’s real capital city - Phnom Penh. It took us 7...
Once upon a time... in Siem Reap
Cambodia: Part One. "To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower. To hold heaven in the palm of your hand, and...
Mind over matter... in Koh Tao
After being on the metro, followed by a night train, a coach, a ferry and a jeep taxi (possibly breaking some kind of record in public...
All’s well that ends well… in Bangkok
“In the end, everything will be okay. If it's not okay, it's not yet the end. -Fernando Sabino, Brazilian writer Sometimes you plan a...
Head over heels... in Sydney
If New York and London were to have a love child, I imagine it would look a lot like Sydney. Joggers bob up and down the promenade of...
A rude awakening... in Byron Bay
Cock a doodle doo. That’s the sound cockerels make in English. It’s something that has always amused my Spanish friends, because in...
Ignorance is bliss... in Fraser Island
Our next destination in Australia was Rainbow Beach where young, overexcited backpackers seemed to be crammed into hostels like sticky...
Catching the wave... in Agnes Water
Everything happens for a reason. If we hadn’t been taken down a dirt road thanks to our completely unreliable GPS, we wouldn’t have seen...
