We used Hanoi as our base and did a few ventures out to Ninh Binh, Halong Bay and Pulong as well as eating well. In the end, we stayed in Hanoi three separate times and were lucky enough to catch up with an traveling relative and her friends one night for a food tour and… Read More Hanoi hangs
Train street is one of the top tourist things to do in Hanoi and, therefore, I was a bit cynical about how much I would enjoy it. We ended up going one night after a food tour to check it out. The idea is that you sit and have a drink on this narrow street… Read More Choo choo 🚆
We’d heard about Vang Vieng being one of the cheapest spots in the world to go on a hot air balloon ride. And my enthusiasm was further increased when I found out they did afternoon tours, as well as the early morning ones. From the roof of our accommodation we could see many balloons glide… Read More Full of hot air
One of the things we wanted to do in Thailand was to get closer to some elephants. After a bit of research on ethical elephant parks we chose to do an overnight stay at Elephant Rescue Park just outside of Chang Mai. It’s hard to say exactly what determines “ethical” – while everyone agrees that… Read More Elephant encounters 🐘
Vietnamese food is versatile and delicious. As well as popular dishes like bánh mì and phở, we tried many foods there. A bánh mì is a traditional Vietnamese food, usually a bread roll with vegetables, meat, and sauces inside. In Hanoi, the local kind of bánh mì is Hanoi style, with subtle flavours, airy bread… Read More Vietnam delicacies (by Z)
We didn’t really think it through to be honest. I’d pretty much forgotten about it. Years ago we’d had thefts in Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Chile. But our luck with things getting taken in Spanish speaking countries was far from over alas… After leaving a friend in the south of France we headed into Spain… Read More The curse of the Spanish speaking countries
For our last few days in France, we booked a place near Disney Paris. While in Tokyo, we went to Disney Sea, but this was our first time in the original Disneyland. Z and I planned the day, and after arriving on the train, we split up and, respectively, went to rides Autopia and Big… Read More Disney Paris (by Z)
France does bread and cheese so well (insert chef’s kiss x 100 here) and we did our best to try as much as we could. (Doing our Australian heritage proud I tell you!) There is just sooo much choice, even in the supermarket. A common lunch for us was a baguette (or two) and some… Read More French delicacies
We had two nights in the picturesque town of Gruyères, Switzerland and we ate very well! Definitely two nights is enough with so much fondue, not to mention it’s a bit more expensive as well 😬 There isn’t a lot of choices when it comes to accommodation here so we stayed in a hotel which… Read More Mmm… (swiss) cheese
After a wee visit to Scotland we headed south to France, to a caravan park near La Rochelle in West. We were crashing some Scottish friends’ three week French holiday by joining them for the first week. We looked up the park and booked a cabin that was close to them – apart from that,… Read More French heat waves & caravan parks
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