Chiang Mai is the ideal base for exploring the north of Thailand, with so many activities on offer in the surrounding countryside, be it a bicycle tour, white water rafting, or meeting elephants. The town itself is…

     I’m not done with my holidays yet! After my 2 weeks in Vietnam, followed by a few days of rest in Hong Kong, I’m off again. I’m spending the next 2 weeks on another trip, travelling from Bangkok…

     Hanoi is definitely a city that took me a little time to get my head around. On first glance, it seemed like any other big, crowded city, with higgledy-piggledy buildings and millions of motorbikes racing through its streets,…

     A few hours by bus from our last stop, Hoi An, and we were ready to tackle the next city on our route, Hue. This was Vietnam’s former capital, and was the seat of power for the emperors…

     Arriving in Hoi An is like stepping back in time. With the old town preserved by UNESCO, it’s a pedestrian and cyclist zone, with cheery yellow wooden buildings, adorned with bright flowers and colourful lanterns, with historic buildings…

      I love the ocean and being by the coast, so hitting the seaside town of Nha Trang sounded like it would be right up my street, and in many ways it was; the only complaint would be…

     The Mekong Delta is formed of dozens of lush, green islands, broken up by a maze of narrow, winding rivulets, branching off from the main delta. Here many of the locals lead simple lifestyles, away from the larger…

     And I’m off on another adventure! As I mentioned at the end of my last Hong Kong post, before embarking on a new city and new job for the next year, I’m doing some travelling again this summer,…

     As I’m preparing to jet off on another holiday soon, I thought I’d take back at another country from my big Central America trip last year. Guatemala was the third country I visited then, and the one I…