Last Updated: Thursday, December 21, 2017 To take part in sporting activities in Thailand is to experience eye-opening adventures in a beautiful country. As with any outdoors sporting holiday there are a couple of important considerations to take into account.
Tallinn: Great Gastronomy with Side Helpings of History
Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2017Food Glorious Food Food in Tallinn covers the whole spectrum from comforting bread to haute cuisine and often in the same meal. Dinner at MEKK was my first introduction to the famous black bread. Black bread can take many forms and is even for desserts, flavouring ice-cream and as an accompaniment […]
Hiroshima and Miyajima Island from Kyoto – My Favourite Away Day in Japan
Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2017Miyajima Island Everyone should visit Hiroshima once in a lifetime. Not only to see what happened there but also to learn that hope (for peace) does spring eternal. With my JR Rail Pass I could anywhere but I chose Hiroshima. An added bonus was that I could also visit one of […]
Train Journeys Around Japan: Minato to Nagoya
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2017JR Rail Pass for Trains in Japan On a recent trip to Japan we travelled around the country by train. I was sceptical at first but after just two days I began to appreciate the value of my Japan Rail (JR) Rail Pass and the freedom it gave me. Before […]
Guide to Travelling in North Korea
Last Updated: Monday, August 8, 2016 For the curious amongst us, a trip to North Korea may be one of the most remarkable destinations to find oneself in. Sure, there is always the thought that the trip would be a make-believe considering everything is choreographed to the last painful detail. That the only thing you […]
Guide to Beijing’s Qianmen Area
Last Updated: Sunday, July 10, 2016 If you have seen pictures of military buildings and city gates in Beijing, chances are some of those pictures were taken in the city’s historic Qianmen area. This area is one of the most recognised in all of Beijing due to two very important political events that took place […]
Beijing’s Nanluoguxiang Hutong
Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2018 One of the most thrilling aspects of international travel is having the ability to step away from the popular tourist zones every once in a while and find places where one can experience how the locals live. In Beijing, one of the best ways to do that is to […]