One of my favourite things about going on holiday is discovering the pretty little objects that are unique to a country and that will ultimately take up way too much space in my luggage on the way home. Whether you're buying from street vendors, or in one of the exquisitely elegant boutique stores, shopping in ...
Kê Gà: a Beacon of Shining Light in the Dark
'They went to sea in a sieve they did, in a sieve they went to sea.' On a little island off the coast near Phan Thiet, an ancient French lighthouse rises elegantly above the bushes of yellow & white magnolia flowers and green pools of water. My visit to the Kê Gà lighthouse twinkled a little more ...
The Road to Củ Chi
As you drive further and further out of Ho Chi Minh City, the myriad of stacked houses and the never ending buzz of motorbikes are slowly but steadily replaced by water logged rice fields and an occasional buffalo lazily wandering through them. The road to Củ Chi is a long road lined with shacks filled with ...
A Night Time Wander in Saigon
One of the best things about South East Asian countries is how alive the cities are at night! We only landed in HCMC at 8pm today then travelled to our hotel, checked in, unpacked leisurely and changed before heading out to get a feel for the city at night. We walked past the HCMC Opera ...