• Travel

    Hanoi & Halong Bay | Vietnam Discovery

         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,…

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    Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam Discovery

         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,…

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    A-Z of Paris

         So a while ago I took you all on a tour around Edinburgh, with sights and stories from A-Z, so I thought I’d try it again with another city I’m familiar with; Paris. Now I’ve never actually lived…

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    Day Trip to Macau

    Last week, I was lucky enough to have my mum and sister come to visit me in Hong Kong. I did have to work some of the time, but I sent them off on excursions without me and joined them…

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    Travel Inspiration – Rome and the Vatican

         Europe as a whole is a continent rich in history and culture, full of beautiful sights and architecture, but Rome in particular is a standout when it comes to history (Italy has some other beautiful cities too –…

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    The Hong Kong Story | Museum of History

         Hong Kong has several museums dotted throughout the city, several of which can be found in Tsim Sha Tsui, and when it’s a rainy afternoon – as it is more and more often these days – they’re a…

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    Travel Inspiration – Switzerland

         Switzerland was one of my favourite stops on my European trip, and the couple of nights we had there wasn’t long enough to do the country justice, even if it is small. Some places on that trip, I…

  • Art & Entertainment,  Travel

    Top Five Travel Films

         Sometimes you just want to get away from it all and jump on a plane to anywhere else in the world. And sometimes time, money and other commitments mean that this isn’t really a feasible plan. So I…

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    Discovering Phnom Penh | Cambodia

         So this post is actually out of order in relation to my other Cambodia posts, which are already published, since Phnom Penh was actually my first destination in the country. However, I left it until last as we…

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    Travel Inspiration – Florence, Italy

         Florence – known as Firenze in Italian – may not be the most famous or popular of Italy’s cities, in a country that boasts Rome and Venice, but it’s certainly still one of the most beautiful. Europe is…