It was one of those times in our travels. We all have them, whether you’re a long term traveller or only away for a couple of weeks, independent travel has its times when things don’t go to plan. We were in Battambang, Cambodia and were both feeling retched. Veronika had been battling with a stomach [...]
Today's travel photo is of an old classic car at Bao Dai's Summer Palace in Dalat, Vietnam. Bao Dai was the last Emperor of Vietnam, and, like the French, he liked to come up to Dalat in the Central Highlands to escape the summer heat of the lowland plains. Today, his summer palace is a [...]
Today's travel photo is of a tinga tinga artist in the village of Mto wa Mbu in Northern Tanzania. Tinga Tinga is the traditional paintings in Tanzanian art. I took this photo at a work shop while wandering around the village and I was really taken away by the colours put into their paintings. These [...]
The second day of our exploration of the Temples of Angkor began with a visit to the temple mountain of Pre Rup, before venturing out to Banteay Srei. We then came back and visited the similar temple mountain of Eastern Mebon. In Angkor, a "temple mountain" is kind of like a stepped pyramid, perfectly square [...]
Today's travel photo is of our favourite fruit shake cart in Chiang Mai, Thailand. For the two months that we were in Chiang Mai, we got a fruit shake (smoothie) from here nearly every night. The street food carts and restaurants along Moon Muang near Sompet Market in the Old City serve up some great [...]
Today's travel photo is of the viharn at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang in Luang Prabang, Laos. I had never actually visited this temple when I first visited Luang Prabang, but came across it on my recent trip when I was just wandering around the streets of the Old Town - my favourite thing to do in [...]
Today's travel photo is of the rugged coastline at Point Labatt in South Australia. Located on the Eyre Peninsula, Point Labatt is home to a colony of sea lions who live below the cliffs to the left of this photo. It was a bumpy drive along a rough, corrugated dirt road to get here and [...]
I know I’m still writing about Cambodia on the blog, but we’ve actually been living in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the past two months. We've been on the road for most of this year, and after three months of continuous travel in Southeast Asia, it has been great to just stay put here in Chiang [...]
Today's travel photo is of a busy street at Tsar Chaa (the central market) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I absolutely love visiting local markets when I travel, particularly in Asia, so as soon as I got to Siem Reap, one of the first things I did was take a walk to it's central market - [...]
When I was out for the day exploring the Imperial Tombs in Hue, Vietnam, I had the opportunity to stop at a traditional martial arts school to view a performance. When I think of martial arts, my mind naturally tends to go to China or Japan, but many Asian countries have some form of traditional [...]
