*At-home burials – Rural families often bury their loved ones on their own property… Báhn Mi – I know – it’s just a bread roll to you and me but it’s a must have – at least once! Cultural Emersion Experiences! Dong. 22.000 VND that I forgot to spend – worth a whole 0.71 Euro!!! […]
Read MoreNever meet your heroes and never go back… Alas, I think it might be true! I wrote the following in March, 2019, as part of an alphabetical journey (it was a very enjoyable exercise actually) F is for FCC ‘Of all the gin joints in all the towns….’ If I had to choose one spot for […]
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The devil, in a fit of rage, upended the baobab and planted it upside down. The tree wouldn’t stop walking so God planted it with its root-feet in the air and its branches underground. This was once a proud and beautiful tree that was punished by the gods for its vanity -they uprooted it and […]
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Antananarivo won’t suit everyone – at first glance, there isn’t a lot to love about the place to be honest. But, as always, familiarity reveals those little surprises and quirks – and we can all find a certain charm pretty much anywhere! While Antananarivo (Tana) is the most likely point of arrival and departure on […]
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You just KNOW, when the travel blurbs wax lyrical about golden sands, low-key atmosphere, calmness and the perfect destination to chill and rejuvenate, that there isn’t a lot on offer!!! But sometimes, that’s OK. So why did we go to Boa Vista…. I love ending a vacation at a beach resort with nothing left to […]
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