What is it like to visit North Korea?
byWhen I think of North Korea it’s about nuclear weapons, and an insular authoritarian dynasty that so many inhabitants want to flee. I’ve seen the…
Destinations
Super power turtles at Bangkok’s Banyan Tree
byI was busy painting my toenails and Hubbie was earnestly flicking through millions of TV channels in the vain hope of something decent to…
Sofitel So Bangkok – luxury sky living Thai style
byHubbie is feeling oh so masculine at the moment! He’s sitting in an arty farty club lounge just along from Bangkok’s gay district, eating…
Can I love and hate Bangkok?
byIs it possible to both love and hate somewhere at the same time? Bangkok is one of those places that travellers are either drawn…
Tamarind Cooking School, Luang Prabang
byFancy learning to cook buffalo guts? I’d finally psyched myself up to asking hubbie if he fancied doing a class at Tamarind Cooking School with…
A Day Trip to Kuang Si Waterfalls from Luang Prabang – by Boat
byThis is a review of a day trip to Kuang Si Falls from Luang Prabang with Banana Boat Laos. A couple of months ago…
Living Land Rice Farm – being farmers for the day
byA day ago I would have found nothing quite so terrifying as a gigantic hairy spider scuttling past just milimetres from my bare leg,…
Top things to do in Luang Prabang
byTop things to do in Luang Prabang They told me 5 nights in Luang Prabang was too long. They told me the town is no…
The tale of the Indonesian gecko
byWe’d arrived exhausted and late in Bali, and after a couple of hours in a stuffy taxi had finally reached the sublime Bambu Indah…
Can luxury and dung beetles really be bed buddies?
byWe just had to stay at the Addo Dung Beetle Guest Farm. With a name like that and being a stone’s throw away from…
Wild camping in the Lake District – how to do it!
byUpdated Summer 2025 In England wild camping it is illegal. But also lots of fun if you do it sensibly and respectfully! There’s nothing…
Lions before breakfast – Hluhluwe Imfolozi
byI stared at the storm of flies buzzing frenziedly around the steaming entrails. Trickles of blood were slowly creeping along the furrows of the dried mud track and I couldn’t rid…