Turku “Don’t speak to strangers. Ever.” That was the top tip given to me by my Finnish friend. “They will think you are either crazy or drunk”. Unfortunately, I found myself confronted with the need to speak to a stranger within minutes of arriving into...
Ghent Around a thousand years ago Ghent was the second largest city in Europe, second only to Paris. Its wealth built on textiles. It thrived for centuries until it rebelled against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, over taxes, despite being born in the city he...
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 let down! Jonker Street night market (Fridays...
The alarm went off at 5am. It was one of those see-the-sunrise-at-(insert icon here) days. An early wake up call to see dawn over a travel icon: today we would greet the new day overlooking the many temples of Bagan. The famous Bagan Sunrise. We’d...
This quick lunch dish is my interpretation of some tasty street food we discovered in Yangshuo, southern China. At a tiny stall a hawker was selling cubed potato, fried with mustard seeds which he then tossed with coriander leaves, chilli oil and sesame seeds. It made a...
Towards the end of our week in Hong Kong we woke to a vivid blue sky, no rain was forecast, so we took the metro to Lantau Island, Hong Kong’s second largest island. The metro drops you off, rather handily, at Tung Chung, a small...
