Asia
Vietnamese Food Pho Review: My Culinary Journey Through Vietnam: Was the Pho Really That Good?
You have seen the Instagram shots. A steaming bowl of pho, broth the color of amber, sliced beef arranged like petals. Every travel blog calls it life-changing. Every food documentary treats it like a religion. I landed in Hanoi with a notebook, a hungry stomach, and deep skepticism. No dish can be that good after […]
Bali Remote Work Hub: The 5 Setup Decisions That Determine Your Success
You land at Ngurah Rai at 11 PM. The air hits you like a wet towel. Your SIM card doesn’t work. The taxi driver wants 300,000 IDR for a ride to Canggu that should cost 150,000. And tomorrow morning, you have a 9 AM Zoom call with a client who pays your rent. This is […]
Kyoto Hidden Gems: 5 Quiet Spots Before the Crowds Find Them
Kyoto received 44 million visitors in 2019. By 2026, numbers had climbed back to 38 million. The bamboo grove at Arashiyama now sees 15,000 people per day in peak season. Kinkaku-ji feels like a train station concourse. But Kyoto still holds places where you can stand alone with a 400-year-old garden. I spent three weeks […]
Hoi An: How to Spend One Day in Vietnam’s City of Light
I visited Hoi An, a beautiful town in Central Vietnam, just one day after the major typhoon had hit. Much of the town was still closed off to visitors and the destruction was clear to see. We were limited on time due to the flooding and access, and this meant we had just under one […]
A Guide to Hue: The Imperial Heart of Vietnam
Central Vietnam was the first major stop on our trip. We arrived just a few hours before a typhoon was due to hit, and were immediately locked down in our hotel. Sadly, most of the week was spent in hotel lockdown rather than out and about exploring as planned. I was really upset as I’d […]
A Review of Conrad Marina Bay (formerly Conrad Centennial), Singapore
It’s Mr Travelling Han (MTH) here, back for another year’s guest post. I’ve been all over the place again this year with work but as always the place I’ve spent the most time in is Singapore. I have to say it’s now my favourite country in the world, and it now feels like a home […]
Exploring Singapore’s WW2 History: A Family Story
In memory of Percy Peacock. During World War Two (WW2), Singapore was a British stronghold in South East Asia. In 1942, the Battle of Singapore saw the Japanese capture the city, leading to the largest British surrender in history. Singapore fell to the Japanese on Feb 15th 1942, and remained under Japanese occupation until 1945. […]
A Visitor Guide to Singapore Botanic Gardens
Happy Hannah was back; out in force to visit another tropical Botanic Garden. In my opinion, Singapore is home to the best Botanic Garden in the world; albeit I haven’t visited all of them so I’ll have to settle on saying – I really can’t see anything beating this INCREDIBLE place. So, if you’re planning […]
A Guide to Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Gardens by the Bay is undoubtedly one of the most famous attractions in Singapore. It’s super futuristic and beautiful and is definitely one of the highlights for a first time visitor to the country. Between my husband and I we’ve actually visited 5 times, so I thought it was time to write a guide on […]
Singapore: A Perfect 2 Day Itinerary (updated 2025)
I LOVE Singapore. It’s one of my absolute favourite cities in the world and given my husband’s job often takes him there with work, we’ve visited quite a few times between us now. So, I thought it was about time I collated my experiences in to a series of posts on this wonderful tiny nation. […]