These posts cover festivals and events we experience during our trip.
Cinco de Mayo has become another excuse to celebrate all things Mexican – tacos, guacamole, Frida Kahlo, Mariachi music, and Mexican wrestling – and we’re joining the celebrations this year, because we love Mexico and Mexican culture and we reckon it’s as good an excuse as any to celebrate it. Get out the tequila, we’re … Read more
The pop and crackle of Lunar New Year firecrackers going off around our Siem Reap neighbourhood has punctuated the soundtrack of birdsong, motorbikes, barking dogs, crowing roosters, laughing students, and the occasional shouts of tuk tuk drivers: “Tuk tuk! Tuk tuk? You want tuk tuk, madam?” It’s Lunar New Year’s Eve here in Siem Reap … Read more
Margaret River Gourmet Escape food and wine festival is on again this year from 17-21 November 2021 in Western Australia, and if you don’t already have what’s considered to be one of Australia’s best food festivals in your calendar and you’re a lover of food and wine, then we strongly recommend you change that. Widely … Read more
River Graze, which sprawls along the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River on Southbank Promenade, is a celebration of food and wine, from across the Australian state of Victoria. Launched on Friday night and running through to Sunday evening, it’s one of 200 events on the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival calendar. We might have landed … Read more
Georgetown Festival Penang kicks off on the Malaysian island of Penang in two days and we’ll be there! The month-long arts festival is jam-packed with events, exhibitions, screenings, and installations. It’s our first trip in 15 years and we can’t wait to get back. Our work is kind of crazy. It’s nothing new to us, … Read more