The best Melbourne markets warrant more that just browsing or even buying the beautiful fresh produce, local specialties, and Victorian wines. Do a food tour of the Queen Victoria Market, South Melbourne Market, and Prahran Market to learn about the stories behind the markets and their passionate stallholders and fabulous produce and products. Shopping local … Read more
Mekong River cruises from Thailand to Laos are considered a must-do experience if you’re travelling South East Asia. The question is how should you do it – by slow boat or fast boat? And if you choose the slow boat, do you do a budget or luxury cruise? Here’s the lowdown. Slow boats cruise and … Read more
A Mekong River cruise is one of life’s must-do travel experiences as far as we’re concerned and a languid three-day Mekong River Cruise to Luang Prabang on the Luang Say boat was the reason we’d flown from Bangkok to Chiang Rai and driven up to the Thai Border city of Houei Say. The Mekong River runs for … Read more
One of the first things we like to do after arriving in a city following a long-haul flight is stretch our legs and get some fresh air, which generally sees us heading to the nearest park or garden. As we’ve been arriving in Bangkok so many times after long flights, we thought we’d compile a … Read more
So, what now for us, now that our yearlong grand tour is over? Where are we? What are we doing? And what’s the future hold for Grantourismo? These are some of the questions you’ve been asking us here, in emails and on Twitter. Well, we’re in Bangkok – a steamy, sultry, wet Bangkok at the … Read more