Before I came out to to Thailand, I was informed on more than one occasion that the Thai people are known for their friendliness. I even hosted a whole photo essay from a fellow blogger all about Thailand being the land of smiles. But third party information is only worth so much. I needed to […]
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What to See in Ayutthaya: 6 Essential Temples and a 1-Day Itinerary
If I asked you to name the largest city in the world around the year 1700, I wonder where you might suggest. London? Paris? Beijing? Cairo? I’m going to guess that the city of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (or simply Ayutthaya, as everyone calls it today) didn’t make your shortlist. Well, by around 1700 Ayutthaya […]
The Black Temple of Chiang Rai: Visiting the Black House
Chiang Rai has two art-temples that pull travellers off the highway, and almost everyone has heard of the famous one. The White Temple gets the crowds, the postcards and the tour buses. The Black House sits a few kilometres up the road, draws a fraction of the visitors, and I think missing it’s a mistake. […]
In photos: Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau. The name just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? This German town is tucked way down in Germany’s south west and serves as the entry point to the Black Forest – famous for its cake as well as its trees. It’s also mostly referred to as Freiburg as the whole name is […]
The White Temple of Chiang Rai
If you visit the northern city of Chiang Rai in Thailand, then I can highly recommend a trip to the white temple and the black temple, the former of which is the subject of today’s post, and the latter of which I posted about here. I won’t be surprised if you start looking for cheap […]
Cycling in the Pyrenees – From Mountains to Coastline
I love cycling. When I lived in France it was my preferred method of getting round. It’s faster than walking, environmentally friendly, and you get to take in the scenery and fresh air. Plus the odd fly, for nutrition. So when the opportunity to spend three days cycling in the Pyrenees presented itself, I jumped […]
Swinging through the tree tops in Chiang Mai
Some people always want to do something. “I want to DO something!”, says Loz. After a couple of weeks making the most of our Thailand stay, and now a few days without itinerary in Chiang Mai ahead of us, my tiny hope of thoroughly enjoying a meaningless, completely wasted day vanishes instantly. “What is it […]
In photos: Munich
We recently took a road trip across France to Germany, and one of our stopping off points was the Bavarian town of Munich. This is mostly known for being the home of Oktoberfest, where strapping young ladies cart around gigantic jugs of beer to jolly tourists and locals alike. We missed Oktoberfest by the skin […]
Viva Chiang Mai: a homestay review
Heat. Waves of the stuff. It was a prevailing theme on our bus trip up to Chiang Mai. Sure, the bus had air conditioning, but this particular bus had more pressing concerns to worry about than keeping its passengers cool. For example: getting its passengers to their destination. The bus we had chosen for the […]
Travelling responsibly
Travel. It’s one of those things, like probably countless others, that I have a habit of taking for granted. It is, after all, pretty easy to take things for granted. Often I forget quite how lucky I am that the most difficult decisions in my life are whether or not to go with the chicken […]