10 Ways to Know You’re Finally at Home After Years on the Road

Thai Red Curry Paste Recipe and Tips on How To Use a Mortar and Pestle. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

After obtaining our one-year Cambodia visas, we spent several months searching for somewhere to live here in Siem Reap before finally finding an apartment we liked. After years living out of our suitcases, we signed a lease and have somewhere we can really call home. Relate? Based on our experience, here are 10 ways to … Read more

The Pups of Hoi An

The Pups of Hoi An. Hoi An old town, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The pups of Hoi An were a joy to photograph on my daily photography walks. Every second house seems to have a small dog as a pet. No, not to eat. And yet that’s a question that foreigners frequently ask. The Pups of Hoi An “Do people in Vietnam like dogs?” a traveller asked us during … Read more

Living Like Locals in Milan and Musings on Local Travel

Musings on Local Travel and Living Like Locals in Milan. Navigli, Milan, Italy. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

During our first few months in Vietnam, we rented an apartment in Hanoi that didn’t go so well. It was simultaneously the best and worst of locations and you can read about that in a story I did for The Independent. By contrast, an experience living like locals in Milan, Italy, couldn’t have been better. It was bellissimo! … Read more