Coming home is never easy. The prospect of your travels coming to an end always seems to cast a shadow over the final few days of a trip, as your thoughts slowly start to gravitate towards…
We had expected everything to pale in comparison with Villa Louise and the beautiful tranquility of Phu Tuan beach. And while nothing has so far come close to it in terms of shear beautiful-ness, Hoi An…
Life after the beach was going to be tough and we knew that leaving Villa Louise was a hard thing to do. We knew that most places would pale in comparison once we moved on and…
In New Zealand we are almost spoiled when it comes to deserted beaches. So much so that on previous trips to South East Asia I have found myself asking,”why did I travel 10,000 kms to sit…
If Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s brightly embossed business card, then Hanoi is it’s visceral, raw beating heart. Pulsing with the lifeblood of the country, this city seems somehow to represent the “Old” Vietnam, over…
“Ho Chi Minh City….. I’m still only in Ho Chi Minh City”. Doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Saigon”……… Either way, Martin Sheen’s Captain Willard may not have been too happy to find himself…
Holy Shit! It’s finally coming together. We’re off to Vietnam………with a 17 month old! It all began as a wild suggestion by me to sell up, liquidate what we could and head off on a world…
This is a wee story I wrote after walking the Lake Waikairemoana track with my Father in 2007. My father was an avid tramper here in NZ, regularly flying down here from Scotland to knock off…
This is a little travel article I wrote, again for the Northen Advocate, after a 2007 holiday in Thailand. The published PDF can be seen here. Thailand Explore a land of extremes. The taxi driver smiles…