Our local guide to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s sexy seaside city, covers the things that locals love to do, from sipping sucos to samba dancing. In this post we’ll share some of our favourite things to do in Rio. Our Local Guide to Rio de Janeiro Start with a suco The energy of Rio’s locals is … Read more
Best Bangkok floating markets for foodies do not include touristy Damnoen Saduak. These are the mouthwatering markets to explore if you’re a fan of fresh produce and street food. Make a beeline for these comparatively lesser-visited markets which offer a better insight into daily life as much as delicious food. The best Bangkok floating markets for … Read more
On a brilliant, bright, sunny Saturday afternoon in Sydney, Australia in 1990, Lara and I took a taxi to the slowly-gentrifying working class suburb of Rozelle. We were armed with three bottles of wine and were on our way to dine at a restaurant called Tetsuya’s ran by a Japanese expat chef named Tetsuya Wakuda. … Read more
Most travellers visit Hanoi for the fantastic food. That’s why we went. After motorbikes, visitors to Vietnam’s capital find themselves dodging street food stalls and the footpaths are littered with locals perched on tiny stools tucking into something. Yet the Hanoi art scene is doing well to compete for attention with the city’s food scene. Here’s … Read more
This is the fourth installment of a series reflecting on the Syria we knew and the Syrians we befriended in the years we travelled to the country before the Civil War. Parts one and two were on the Storyteller Abu Shady and Jazz Duo Rasha Rizk and Ghazwan Zerkli. The Old City of Damascus had … Read more