Dec
31
Our Local Knowledge interviews – and the other expert interviews we do for our local guides and Playlist series – are with locals we’ve befriended who have helped us get beneath the skin of a place, by sharing insider advice, hidden gems, local secrets, and their most favourite things to do. They’re generally people unconnected to tourism. …
Dec
07
We met 18 year-old Cambodian waiter, Pheng Vibol, or ‘Vibol’ as he’s called, at the wonderful Romdeng restaurant in Phnom Penh. Romdeng had been recommended to us by several locals as Phnom Penh’s best restaurant with fine Cambodian cuisine and a lively atmosphere. It didn’t disappoint. In addition to the delicious food, what we also …
Aug
22
We love nothing more than doing a road trip and if you’re going to do a road trip anywhere in Thailand, the country’s most off-the-beaten-track region, the remote northeastern Isaan, is the place to do it. A confession: I don’t drive. Well, I can drive and I have driven, but I don’t have a driver’s …
Jul
07
As travel writers, we have to eat out every day, sometimes twice a day. It’s only when we’re in write-up mode, when we’re busy working on magazine stories or a book, that we’ll stay in and Terence will cook, or we’ll order home delivery, or we’ll buy street food from our fried pork lady down …
Jan
31
We’ve resisted using mainstream guidebooks on our grand tour this year, choosing instead to rely on local people for advice. However, wherever possible we’ve sought out local guidebooks written by residents of the places we’ve visited. In Venice, we used the illustrated My Local Guide to Venice, and in New York City we used the …
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