“It never normally rains at this time of year sir, perhaps you’d like to buy a poncho?” It wasn’t meant to be like this. I had planned the ultimate Instagram photo and it involved a 3:45am alarm and the sun rising above the main temple at Angkor with me snapping away whilst elbowing the other […]

23 photos to show why you should never visit Laos

23 photos to show why you should never, ever, visit Laos. 1. The night markets are ghastly 2. The waterfalls are ugly 3. There are no places to enjoy a beer with a view 4. Terrible sunsets 5. Mundane architecture 6. Disappointing views 7. Horrible food 8. No history 9. Little religious heritage 10. Boring […]

Boston in the cold

“The good news is that it’ll be 7 degrees on our first day; the bad news is it’ll drop to minus 12 in the following 48 hours.” I knew this isn’t what my sister had envisioned when I convinced her to take a spring break in Boston but it hadn’t even occurred to me that […]

Six must see sights in Ghana

“Akwaaba! Wezo! Amaraba!” are all greetings you will hear when travelling in Ghana (they all mean “welcome” if you are not fluent in Ghana’s 75 languages). Ghana isn’t normally near the top of the list of places to visit as a tourist but as the Brandt Travel Guide states, “As travel destinations go, Ghana is […]

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Vietnam by train

Hitting Ho Chi Minh City

Cambodia: Land of a thousand stories

Human zoos in 2018

Angkor Wat: a true wonder

23 photos to show why you should never visit Laos

Boston in the cold

Six must see sights in Ghana