Travel can be transformative experience. Alongside the actual trip (the air miles, unfamiliar dorm beds, indecipherable languages and alien landscapes), there’s a more personal journey. Foreign cities, different cultures and liberating getaways are often where we discover things we never knew about ourselves, or do things we never knew we would, or would dare to, back in the comfort and routine of home. (more…)
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…)
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…)
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