How to choose a Halong Bay cruise – surely it can’t be that hard? I didn’t think so until I heard travellers complain of being put on boats they didn’t book and forced to share ‘single’ rooms with strangers. So you don’t make the same mistake, follow our tips based on our experience testing out … Read more
Our Vietnam food tour has just finished – 22 days eating our way from Saigon to Hanoi via the Mekong Delta, Dalat, Hoi An, Hue, Sapa, and Halong Bay – and I’m back home in Cambodia, already planning another Vietnam culinary tour. Are you going to join us next time? A few mornings ago I … 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
Kakadu to the Kimberley is one of our favourite driving routes in Australia and with the monsoon or ‘green season’ ending in the tropical Top End and the dry season starting, this is the time to do this rewarding route or to at least start planning a trip this season. Australia’s northern tropical Top End, … Read more
A weekend in Bendigo makes for a great escape from Melbourne to take in the grandeur of the Gold Rush town with its rich Chinese history, great food and wine (Bendigo is Australia’s only City of Gastronomy), and art at one of Australia’s best regional galleries. Try to time your trip to Victoria’s third-largest city … Read more