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Arriving into St Petersburg, Russia Baby!
We were finally on our way to Russia, on the Vilnius to St Petersburg sleeper train. I had booked the tickets though the agency we had arranged our visas with, Real Russia, so it was no surprise to...
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We visited St Petersburg, and didn’t go to the Hermitage!
I didn’t book nearly long enough in St Petersburg, there is so much to see and enjoy. We had every intention of spending our late day in the glory of The Hermitage. What I hadn’t expected was sunshine...
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From Russia With Love. Red Square, Moscow.
We arrived into Moscow on the 003 overnight train from St Petersburg. We had shared our 4 berth kupe with a friendly Russian lady who could speak a little bit of English. In the morning the...
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Irkutsk, a lovely place to pause.
For many travellers taking the Trans-Mongolian rail route to China Irkutsk is usually the last Russian town they stop at before heading to Mongolia. It is the perfect place to pause for a few days and...
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Heavenly Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal
Olkhon Island sits like a beautiful gemstone, set in the glimmering silver of Lake Baikal. This ancient lake in south Siberia is deeper than any other lake in the world, holding twenty percent of the...
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Beijing under clear blue skies. The Forbidden City and Hutongs.
Tiananmen Square marks the symbolic end to the Trans-Mongolian rail journey, stepping into this historic square romantically represents the end of the line, one iconic square to another, Red Square in...
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Exploring Beijing, from a palace to the streets
Our favourite site in Beijing was definitely the Summer Palace, we spent a sunny day exploring this fabulous royal park and found it far more absorbing than the Forbidden City. Maybe it was the...
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Exploring Beijing, having fun in the parks
One of the simplest and most enjoyable pleasures in Beijing is to spend time in many of its wonderful parks. These parks range from an attractive place to sit or stroll to the grand parklands of the...
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The Great Wall is a mighty Dragon
The Great Wall snakes over the mountain ridges of northern China like the backbone of a mighty dragon. A crumbling monument of stone from the distant past that enthrall visitors today yet was built to...
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Phong Nha Caves: the best thing we did in Vietnam!
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has become one of the most talked about destinations in Vietnam, mostly due to the discovery of Son Doong, the world’s biggest cave and those incredible National...
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Historic Hoi An for Tet {Vietnamese New Year}
As we made our way towards the river on the first night, along the narrow streets strung with lanterns, we became part of a larger crowd heading in the same direction. This crowd had an element of...
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Kampot, Cambodia
Kampot, a serene little town in southern Cambodia. Here on the banks of the Kampot River dusty roads lead out into the countryside, between rice paddies and stubbly fields fringed with iconic sugar...
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Banteay Srei and the river of a thousand lingas
Banteay Srei is exquisite, a 10th century temple that is 35 kilometres out from Siem Reap and the main Angkor temples. Its Khmer name, Banteay Srei, translates as the Citadel of Women, the intricate...
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Golden Yangon
Yangon, Myanmar. Travel plans often change, it’s the natural evolution of a long trip. You set out with a loose itinerary that unravels the further along you get. Other travellers rave about a...
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Colonial Yangon, the Rangoon of my imagination.
After the golden delights of the Shwedagon Pagoda and the National Museum I couldn’t wait to explore more of Yangon. We set off on foot early the following day, before breakfast to take advantage of...
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The Myanmar Rail Experience
More than most other forms of transport, the train immerses the traveller into the country it crosses. A slow train can be a window into the lives of the people and an expression of how the country...
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Munch your way around Melaka’s Markets as a Vegetarian
Melaka Markets Melaka’s Jonker Street Night Market is by no means the only place to find Malaysian street food. In fact, after a little trip out to a local food market, Jonker Street was a bit of a...
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12 of my favourite travel photographs from 2014
A new year has begun, and I thought I’d share with you a few of my favourite travel photographs from 2014. Twelve photos for twelve adventure-filled months. To fill you with wanderlust and inspiration....
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Helsinki: the thought of leaving was unbearable
Helsinki Have you ever travelled somewhere and found that it hurt to leave? Somewhere that you felt so completely at home that your nomadic nature calmed and you wanted to stay for a while. This...
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