EXPLORING SENSATIONAL SINGAPORE We spent our day exploring the best of central Singapore, from the old Colonial District to Chinatown and along Orchard Road. It was great fun and reinforced our thinking on this cosmopolitan city state: Singapore is sensational! The island city state of Singapore […]
TRAGEDY OF THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY The Thai-Burma Railway was built between 1942 and 1945; its purpose was to carry supplies to Japanese forces in Burma, bypassing sea routes which had become vulnerable to Allied attacks. Aiming to finish the railway as quickly as possible the Japanese decided to […]
CROSSING THE STREET IN SAIGON With over 9 million people crowding the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (i.e. Saigon), there’s a certain amount of chaos to be expected. Most of this chaos comes in the form of motorbikes and scooters. Like everywhere we’ve been in Vietnam, motorbikes […]
THE OLD TOWN OF HOI AN IS BEST BY NIGHT Hoi An was an important trading port from the 15th to the 19th centuries and has had a major harbour since the 1st century. The town’s past has lent it a multicultural, cosmopolitan air which persists to this […]
WE FOUND UTOPIA IN LUANG PRABANG! Today felt like our first “real” day in Laos; although we’ve technically been in the country a while, the last 2 days on the slow boat haven’t really felt like we’ve been IN Laos. The slow boat journey down the Mekong was […]
Wandering Soles 