Like I said in the Saigon Street Food Tour post, Vietnam was the country with the food I was most excited about. We cook and eat a lot of Asian food when we’re at home but Vietnamese is one cuisine we rarely sampled for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we’d never been. Secondly, there’s no …
Even though it’s only 110km from Kuala Namu airport to Bukit Lawang the estimated journey time is around 4 hours. Throw in a torrential rain storm and this increases to 5 and a half hours. We were pretty glad we’d booked the airport taxi pick up through our accommodation now so could experience a final …
Originally our rough plan had been to fly to Singapore from Vietnam and work our way north, overland to Penang and fly to Sumatra from there. However, when we realised we would need to do an Indonesian visa run, we decided to save Singapore for that and instead fly from Vietnam to KL. Melaka is …
Malaysia is such an ethically diverse country and the Malay, Peranakan, Chinese, Indian and Western influences also show in its’ food. Basically, there’s something everyone will like, and if you love food, you won’t stop eating! Here’s a summary of our food journey through Malaysia. Melaka One of the best places to sample Peranakan cuisine. …
Ha Long Bay was one of the areas I’d done the most research on before we left the UK. We knew what we wanted; to visit Cat Ba Island, Lan Ha Bay and to do some kayaking. We also knew what we didn’t want; a party boat full of fluorescent full moon party vest wearing …
Only a 20 minute (40-50 minutes if you stop for photos of rice paddy fields, goats and surrounding hills as much as we do) cycle ride from Tam Coc boat station is the epic view point of Hang Mua. We combined this hike to the view point with Trang An boating (which took a solid …
Day 1 It’s early, misty and damp. We’re in Lao Cai, about 3 miles from the Chinese border. I woke up about 20 minutes ago as the 10pm sleeper from Hanoi pulled into the station. I’ve had maybe 2 hours sleep and regret getting excited at the prospect of train travel and paying £100 of …
We booked 3 nights in Hoi An and immediately increased it to 5 nights! So many people travelling on a free schedule so this! Everyone says after arriving they immediately want to stay longer: So why is it so good? Great variety of accommodation for all budgets For us, we’d be pretty high speed and it …
In the run up to our “big trip” Katy and I would have discussions about what aspects of what country we were most looking forward to. Every time Vietnam was mentioned so was food… The climate, terrain, number of different countries who’ve invaded or traded with Vietnam have all influenced the cuisine you’ll find there …
Everyone knows Hoi An Old Town is stunning and worth a couple of days taking pics, drinking coffee and just soaking it all up. If you are there for longer, and want to explore outside of town, a bicycle is a fantastic way to do this. It is all flat countryside so easy for cycling …