Laos is a fascinating country. It's not really an off the beaten path destination anymore, but it often still feels that way. This landlocked country in Southeast Asia has a tiny population compared to some of its huge neighbours, and it actually shares a border with five different countries, which perhaps is the reason for [...]
Today's travel photo is of a crowded canal in the busy San Marco area of Venice, Italy. San Marco is the area where you will find the largest crowds as it has a lot of the major tourist attractions of Venice, most notable of which is Piazza San Marco and St Mark's Basilica. The large [...]
Today's travel photo is of the road to the South Flinders Ranges just outside of Port Augusta in South Australia. We took this road while driving across Australia to short cut across from Port Augusta to the Barrier Highway. I had never visited the area before and discovered a very beautiful and picturesque area of [...]
When it comes to spicy food, I'll try it. It doesn't really matter what it is. If it's got chilli in it, I will probably give it a go. I just love the stuff. I love the flavour; I love the sensation it leaves in my mouth. I even love the look of it. So [...]
Today's travel photo is a view of some of the arches and columns inside Kapitan Keling Mosque in George Town, Malaysia. This is the oldest and most important mosque in Penang, and it is heavily used by Muslim worshipers every day. I visited outside of the main prayer times and had the place almost to [...]
Today's travel photo is of a boat making its way up Bangkok Noi in the Thonburi District of Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Noi is one of the main canals in Bangkok, and if you visit the Taling Chan floating market by boat, or do a canal tour, you will probably use this canal to get into [...]
My first impression of Kuala Lumpur was that it is a modern city on the move, ready to rival other big modern Asian cities. As I dug a little deeper into the city over the next few days, I realised that is so much more than that. It is also a city that embraces its [...]
Today's travel photo is of Lake C.Y. O'Connor in Mundaring, located in the hills behind Perth in Western Australia. This is the lake behind the Mundaring Weir, just outside of the town of Mundaring, and is one of the main sources of drinking water for Perth. A pipeline also runs all of the way from [...]
Today's travel photo is of some local food stalls along one of the quiet streets of Savannakhet in Southern Laos. The sleepy town of Savannakhet is a great place to grab a bike and just slowly cycle around the quiet streets. There isn't much of a tourist presence here and little stalls and hole in [...]
Although the rushed, over crowded and impersonal tour that I joined to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam was far from enjoyable, it did have the occasional small highlight that made it all worth it in the end. One of those moments was stopping at a honey bee farm, which at first appeared to just be [...]
