A night at the circus in Battambang
Battambang is a pretty unassuming place. It is easy to walk around, there is very little traffic, and the centre has a nice little café culture that I was happy to make the most of for the couple of days that I was in the small city in the north-west of Cambodia. What I really...
Angkor Wat: A truly tedious experience
Okay, don’t get your knickers in a twist. Angkor Wat is great, it’s impressive, I enjoyed my visit and I would visit again. But recently I have been feeling a little frustrated with travel rhetoric and my own contribution to it, and I wanted to write in a more honest way about my experiences. Whenever...
Photos: Thanh Ha pottery village
Travel is slowly but surely turning me into a middle aged version of myself. The chances of me going out of my way to cycle to a pottery village at home are slim to none, but that’s exactly what I did last week while visiting Hoi An. And here’s the really sick thing – I...
3 awesome museums you should visit in Hanoi
While visiting temples and ruins bores me to ears, I really love visiting museums when I’m in a city. The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi has more than its fair share of museums, so whether you want to learn about the ancient history of the country, about the various hill tribes and ethnic groups, or...
5 London novels that you should read immediately.
Travel hasn’t always been an interest of mine. Actually, up until a couple of years ago it wasn’t on my agenda at all. I recall being eighteen years old (ten years ago!), between A Levels and University, and thinking that anybody who took a gap year was just a little bit strange. My love of...
Photos: The ancient city of Sukhothai.
I am not a historian and I am not going to pretend that I can write about the city of Sukhothai in any kind of expert way, so I’m mostly going to keep this post to pretty pictures. In case you have no idea about Sukhothai, it’s a city in the lower north of Thailand...
My favourite temple, like, ever: Wat Chedi Luang
If you’re a fan of traipsing around temples day in and day out, then Thailand is definitely the travel destination for you. I, however, am not. I can appreciate that many of the Thai temples are very beautiful, but for the most part, I’d sooner be having a glass of Chang beer and watching the...
Amazing Lisbon day trip: Sintra’s Pena National Palace
As far as capital cities go, Lisbon is one that is very easy to get along with. The pace of life is relaxed, the people are friendly, the food is delicious, and the drinks are cheap. In spite of the financial crisis, which has hit Lisbon and its businesses hard, virtually everyone I met in...
Your Guide to London Theatre. Not the West End Guff
I am an A-Grade homosexual, ticking all the homosexual boxes. Obsessions with teenage female pop stars – tick. Not being able to walk past a sex shop without buying a bottle of Poppers – tick. Quoting ‘Mean Girls’ at every available opportunity (“Is butter a carb?” ) – tick. But when it comes to musical-loving,...