• Travel
  • Good morning Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    A real tourist now My bus journey to Ho Chi Minh City, previously known as Saigon was surprisingly pleasant with the Mekong Express providing free water and baked goods onboard. It took around six and a half hours in total including a 15 minute ferry crossing and a lengthy stop at the boarder which involved scanning […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 21/03/2014

    Costa coffee, Java Cafe, iced coffee, Vietnam, ginger muffin, The Anvil, Bishop's Waltham, West Dean Gardens, coconut flapjack, The Fox Goes Free, Charlton

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from top left: 1. Refreshing iced coffee made with condensed milk from Java Cafe, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Helen enjoyed this whilst backpacking around Asia. Keep up to date […]

  • Travel
  • An eye opening visit: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Phnom Penh

    This was to be my first and last night bus in Cambodia After a terrible nights sleep and a whole day trying my hardest to stay up until our night bus at midnight (although it was more like 1am by the time we set off) I was excited to lay my head down and rest. […]

  • Travel
  • World wonders of Angkor: Siem Reap, Cambodia

    After the long boat journey from Siem Reap I headed into town to grab a quick inexpensive bite to eat so I could retreat back to my room at ever-so-friendly Hak’s Guesthouse. On the walk in I was approached by a Spanish lady who asked if I would eat with her as it was her 40th […]