Monday Memories: A Moment at Hoi An Market

Old Lady in Hoi An Markets. Hoi An old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’ve been working on food stories here in Hoi An, Vietnam, which translates to eating oodles of noodles. We’ve averaged one bowl of the local favourite, cao lầu, per day. Having worked our way through the street stalls, backstreet eateries and restaurants sampling the dish, we headed to Hoi An Market to try the renditions there. … Read more

How To Photograph People When Travelling

How To Photograph People When Travelling. Shepherd, Sapa, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

How to photograph people when travelling so that they engage with the camera and, more importantly, you don’t offend them, isn’t all that hard. Yet every day in Hoi An, Vietnam, I witness some very disappointing behaviour. On my early morning photo-taking walks through the local Hoi An markets I rarely spot a foreigner. The … 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

At Home in Hoi An – The Welcome That Comes with Settling in for a While

At Home in Hoi An. Street Vendor, Hoi An old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

“Boat ride, one hour!” “Motorbike!” “Taxi!” “You buy lantern!” “You buy something from me!” “You take picture of me!” “Happy hour!” While these were the phrases shouted at me daily as I wandered the streets for the first few weeks of our time here in charming, laid-back Hoi An in Vietnam, they have recently started … Read more