Seven unmissable things to do in Saigon/HCMC
Perhaps you’ve already read my post on creating a sample two week itinerary for Vietnam, and now you feel inspired to plan your …
Fortune telling at a Japanese temple
Every Japan itinerary usually includes a visit to a temple or shrine or two. But they’re often not top of the kids’ …
Sample 2 week itinerary for Vietnam
One of the trickiest things for do-it-yourself travel planners to work out, especially when visiting a destination for the first time, is how …
Week 1 of the #feetonmyhometown Instagram Challenge
One person’s foreign land is another person’s home town. Throughout the month of October Instagram-ers around the world are showcasing their city, village, town, island or …
Sushi Zanmai at Tsukiji Fish Market
We may have missed out on the famous tuna auction, but nothing was going to stop me having a sushi breakfast at …
Memorable moment – Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
Dateline: 27 June 2015 Fushimi Inari Taisha is an important Shinto shrine in the southern Kyoto area. The shrine itself is interesting, …
Six reasons to visit Melbourne in Spring
In Melbourne, spring officially starts on 1 September each year, and lasts until 30 November. In this post, I outline six good …
Planning a first-time trip to Hawaii
Later this year, I’ll be going to Hawaii for just over a week. In this post I outline some of the process of planning a first-time …
Show the world your home town with the #feetonmyhometown Instagram Challenge
One person’s foreign land is another person’s home town. Join me for the month of October in showing the world your city, village, town, …
Purikura photo booths in Japan. Crazy, quirky fun!
A few days into our Japan trip, we discovered the quirky world of purikura photo booths in Japan. And that was it …
