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…
South East Asia
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…
Searching for old men of the forest in Borneo
byEach time we return from a big trip we agree we should be sensible and pay off what we’ve just spent, as well as saving money…
Why do we always end up bird watching?
byOk, so we know what sparrows look like, or ‘Captain Jacks’ as hubbie calls them, and blackbirds are also pretty obvious, unless they’re female….