If you don’t get a monster travel itch after reading this, you better check your pulse because you’re dead, son. Dead and boring.
The title says it all. It’s madness in Vietnam, and yes, we did it top to toe on a 3week road trip. Or should I say toe to top, depends how you look at the map. (more…)
There are a wide variety of opinions about Vietnamese food, and many many soups! I tried my best to eat them all. ‘But aren’t you afraid to get sick eating street food?’- that’s the most common question I get from friends or other backpackers I meet during the travels. ‘But it’s worth it’s my regular response would be- and the last soup as every other i tried, was just that good. Knock wood, I never got sick. Overstepping fear and unconfirmed assumptions about street food safety, I eat my way around the world, discovering the best dishes that man can create, and all of them are cooked on streets. Vietnam is no exception. It’s always soup o’clock here for us. Chicken, beef, pork, the choice is yours. (more…)
My posts are so messed up and doesn’t go hand in hand with a time scale but what the hell. It’s still going to be a post with great memories and exciting pictures and it will still annoy people back home:)
About a month ago (seems ages tho!) had an opportunity to visit Koh Ru resort on Bamboo island, which is one of the first islands to capitalise on tourism in Cambodia but is now partly deserted and ‘out of business’. You might not be the only one on islands two beaches, but you certainly won’t be sharing with many. There is a small path through the middle of the island so you can hop to the other side, that still has some active tourism. Many of my friends from so called mainland worked on the island last seasons, before it was closed down by french owners of the land. They always tell exciting stories about unbeatable moments and crazy nightlife back then, when Koh Ru was blooming with tourists and had those outside hammocks occupied by visitors. Resort with all the bungalows and rest of premises still remain standing frozen in time. (more…)
Sad times came leaving my favourite Sihanoukville but chin up, I’m off to Vietnam! As I say ‘best plan is no plan’, still a vague one is from south Vietnam heading all the way north. So far ticked Ho Chi Minh and Mui Ne in my list. First one is very metropolitan with crazy amount of scooters and traffic but looking from the bright side I’ve finally found starbucks! And burger king, and subway, and KFC and McDonalds, which made me feel like in back in London. Not that I want to be back. It’s all about that caramel frappuccino that I’ve missed the most… (more…)
MARCH 21. It’s my birthday.
AND it’s Johann Sebastian Bachs birthday.
AND it’s Prince Charles and Dianas wedding anniversary.
It all adds up.
Once, a wise man Mark Twain said: Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. (more…)
Recently a friend of mine was complaining about difficulties living in London and how badly she would like to escape it and afford living somewhere else. My response was something along the lines: “Really? If you could afford living in London, you could afford living pretty much anywhere on the planet!” After I’ve said it, it made me thinking how my cost of living has changed from the days when I used to pay around half a grand a month for a double bedroom in oh-not-so-trendy part of London, and I’m not even starting with daily costs of transport and food. (more…)
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