On hearing my plans to visit Oslo, people reacted in one of two ways: “Oooh, it’ll be cold,” or: “Oooh, it’ll be expensive.” The Norwegian capital certainly has a longstanding reputation for exorbitant pricing, but despite this, part of me believed that all the stories about paying the thick end…
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Brows on fleek? Not if you get them ‘threaded’ in a Vietnamese garage
It can be hard to keep up with beauty treatments when on a long trip, but no matter how desperate you get, don’t do what I did in Vietnam…
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Never pinky promise a Sapa saleswoman
High in the idyllic hills of Sapa, North Vietnam, are enchanting views, fairytale waterfalls, and some very persistent saleswomen.
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Bizarre Budapest: Riding the children’s railway
There is a railway, hidden in the leafy Buda Hills above Budapest, that is operated almost entirely by children and teenagers. Sounds weird, right? It is.
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The world’s best sundowners: Incredible places to catch an epic sunset
Nothing makes you celebrate the majesty of the planet we live on quite like an immense sunset painted across the heavens. When travelling the world, you experience the most incredible sunsets you’ll ever see. From the flat plains of South America to the tropics of Southeast Asia, I’ve rounded up…
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The fascinating Sri Lankan head waggle
I was sat on a hard bench, riding third class on one of Sri Lanka’s charming pale blue locomotives as I enjoyed the ‘most beautiful train journey in the world’. The route took us through the stunning hill country and tea plantations that stretch from the holy city of Kandy…
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Hue to Hoi An: Following in the footsteps of Jeremy Clarkson
It’s admittedly taken a while for me to get round to writing this blog, partly because my experience in Vietnam was so incredible and multi-faceted that I’ve been wondering how I’m going to be able to do it justice, and partly because I’ve had so much other writing to do…
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North of the Nam: “Where you from?”
Vietnam was the country I’d been most excited about travelling through. I was to spend six weeks travelling from north to south, starting in Hanoi and ending in Ho Chi Minh City. With hindsight I can tell you that the country provided a lot of the best experiences of my…
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Laos-Laos, BeerLao and how Laos is terrible at naming its national drinks
My journey from Bangkok to Laos was in the form of a long overnight bus ride that involved me getting scammed out of significant $$$ due to booking through a Khao San Road travel agent instead of just going to the bus station myself. The extra baht I gave them…
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The Thai-lands, a delicious slice of Pai and #KhaoSanProblems
It took me almost three days to get from Rio de Janeiro to Bangkok – I left my Copacobana Beachfront apartment at 10am on Saturday after a night of partying under the arches in Lapa, and VOILA after three flights (Rio>Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo>Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi>Bangkok) and an eight-hour…
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