The best parks and gardens in the world include everything from sprawling botanic gardens with lakes and ponds to palm-lined parks that skirt waterfront promenades. If you seek out green spaces when you travel, whether for respite from big city chaos, some exercise or a leisurely stroll, or to spread a picnic blanket out on … Read more
After a couple of months staying in boutique hotels in Siem Reap and Bangkok, we’ve reaffirmed something we’ve increasingly felt over the years and that’s that when it comes to choosing hotel accommodation when we travel, boutique hotels suit us better. We much prefer small local boutique hotels to big bland multinationals. We’ll take more … Read more
Buses must be the most unglamorous and unromantic form of travel, but they can be super handy, are increasingly comfy, are very affordable. And there’s nothing like gazing out the window all day as fascinating landscapes rolls by, settling in with a good book or music when they aren’t, and engaging with your fellow passengers. … Read more
I was a beach baby. And according to my mum I was a happy beach baby. I was building sandcastles with a smile on my face and squinting up at the sun through palm trees with a silly grin long before I could walk. Some of my earliest memories are of perfect days spent in … Read more
The pups of Hoi An were a joy to photograph on my daily photography walks. Every second house seems to have a small dog as a pet. No, not to eat. And yet that’s a question that foreigners frequently ask. The Pups of Hoi An “Do people in Vietnam like dogs?” a traveller asked us during … Read more