Putting together a list of the best museums/galleries to visit in Paris is very difficult. Like all things, art is very subjective, and what one person loves another might hate. There are so many museums in Paris that it is impossible to see them all, even in a month, so I studied and chose...
The lost generation – following in the footsteps of Hemingway in Paris
The first book by Ernest Hemingway I read was The Old Man and the Sea, while on my way to Cuba in 2007 (such a small book, I finished it on the flight over). While in Cuba I did what every literary (and cocktail) lover did, find the bars Hemingway frequented such as the...
Shopping in Paris
Anyone who knows me well knows that I detest shopping. Shopping centres, malls, clothes, ugh, it is what I imagine one of Dante’s seven levels of hell to look like. So imagine me now writing about shopping in Paris! But there are so many different types of shopping here. Yes there are the massive...
Top 9 things to do in Paris
Paris. It captured my heart. I thought a month would be long enough to see all the sights, experience all the food, visit all of the museums, and even take a few day trips out of the city. I was dreaming. A lifetime could barely do justice to this incredible city. I tried my...
Si Phan Don – the most relaxed place on earth?
I have been to a lot of relaxing places in my travels. Caye Caulker in Belize springs to mind, where hours can be passed away in a hammock. Or Zanzibar off the coast of Kenya, where it’s difficult to move off the pure white sand beaches. But Si Phan Don (which means 4000 islands),...
A day on the Bolaven Plateau
The Bolaven Plateau is an elevated region is southern Laos known for its many waterfalls, ethnic villages and coffee plantations. Many travellers hire motorbikes to complete a 3 day loop of the plateau, but being a non-rider I was limited in ways to see the area. The town of Pakse is a good base...
One night in Tha Khaek
Tha Khaek is a small town on the Mekong bordering Thailand, and not a place a lot of travellers go. It’s mainly used as a stop between Kong Lor Cave and destinations further south. The bus leaves Kong Lor village at 2pm every day for Tha Khaek, and it had been my intention to...
Into the darkness of Kong Lor Cave
One of the things I love about travel is discovering places that you hadn’t heard of prior to arriving in the country, places that should be near the top of any ‘must-see’ list, but for some reason remain under the radar. Kong Lor Cave is such a place. A seven kilometre cave with a...
Vientiane – an underrated city
Poor Vientiane. After the beauty of Luang Prabang, and the adventuring/partying of Vang Vieng, Laos’ capital city often gets a bad rap as being boring, with nothing to do. On the surface, and if you only spent a day here (as many do) it may well appear that way. However, take a bit of...