How to Get Paid to Travel the World as a Travel Writer was the title of a recent promotional email that landed in our in boxes. It was impossible to ignore for two travel writers who have been paid to travel the world for close to two decades. After the first couple of paragraphs we … Read more
World’s Top Landmark on Trip Advisor for 2017 is Angkor Wat according to travellers who use the site, garnering top scores from 32,800 reviewers, who gave the stupendous temple a five out of five. Angkor Wat is the World’s Top Landmark for 2017. Yay! It’s not often that we report on a Trip Advisor announcement, however, we … Read more
Our Cambodian fish amok recipe is traditional – an authentic steamed fish curry made to a classic recipe from an older generation of cooks who believe that if it’s not properly steamed, it’s not amok trei, a steamed fish curry. ‘Amok’ means to steam in banana leaves in Khmer and many Cambodians believe this refined … Read more
A Hoi An street food tour is essential when you visit the UNESCO World Heritage listed town in Central Vietnam. You just need to decide whether you’re going to embark on your own culinary adventure and do our self-guided Hoi An street food tour itinerary or sign up for a guided street food walk. The … Read more
How to review restaurants like a professional restaurant critic isn’t a post I envisaged ever writing here — it’s the sort of thing Lara covers in our food and travel writing retreats – however, comments by a food journalist and people we met on our recent trip suggested there was a need. Everyone’s a critic … Read more