Memories of Summertime Pavlova and a Passionfruit Pavlova Recipe

Pavlova in the Summertime, Childhood Food Memories and a Passionfruit Pavlova Recipe. Australian Pavlova Recipe. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Pavlova in the summertime is one of my most treasured childhood memories, so every year I try to persuade Terence to make this passionfruit pavlova recipe, especially over the Christmas period. Partly because I love pavlova – meringue, cream and fresh fruit is my idea of dessert heaven – and partly for reasons of nostalgia. … Read more

Best Road Trips in Australia from the South Coast to Tropical Top End

Outback drive, Northern Territory, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Best Road Trips in Australia – from the South Coast to the Tropical Top End.

Best road trips in Australia range from epic coastal cruises in Western Australia to adventurous drives through the country’s red centre and spiritual heart. These are our picks of Australia’s best road trips, from the tropical top end to the dramatic south coast. Australia is home to the world’s best road trips, in our opinion, and … Read more

Price Check: a Siem Reap Shopping List

Price Check: a Siem Reap Shopping List. Angkor Beer, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Having settled into Siem Reap where we’ve established a home, we’ve become familiar with what things cost in Cambodia and thought it was time to share a Siem Reap shopping list for our Price Check series, just in case you’re planning to settle in for a while when you venture here. In short: shopping here is inexpensive … Read more

Monday Memories – Traditional Shadow Puppet Show in Phnom Penh

Shadow Puppet Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Unlike the jazz gig I shot that I reflected upon in last week’s Monday Memories post, I was totally unprepared to photograph the traditional shadow puppet show in Phnom Penh that we checked out when we were recently in town. We had been travelling in Cambodia for a few very intensive days with Backyard Travel … Read more

A Year of Asian Cookbooks

A Year of Asian Cookbooks, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

As we’ve been settling into our new home in Siem Reap, it’s been great to crack open the cookbooks that have been weighing us down – the ones that we didn’t leave back in Australia on our last visit. Having been hankering to get cooking for a while, and keen to begin working my way … Read more