If your holiday to Bali is centred around Seminyak or Kuta, we strongly recommend getting out of these Aussie and backpacker hubs and making the most of our itinerary of things to do in Ubud. You’ll get a better sense of the Balinese culture and have the chance to eat in some of Bali’s best […]
Hanoi is relentless. The traffic drives me mad, overloading my system with so many close calls as I cross the street that I’m numb to danger, numb to noise. Honking horns, grinding circular saws, rushing crowds, chaos funnelled hither and thither beneath the green canopies shading the old town’s grimy boulevards. The static of the […]
Teacher – “Good morning class. My name is Mr Buckworth.” Class – “Good morning, Mr Buckworth.” Teacher – “Seeing as it’s such a beautiful morning I think it’s time we went on a field trip…” Class – “Yay!” Teacher – “…to see a pig get slaughtered.” Class – (Stunned silence). While this account is clearly […]
Each year when I ask my parents what they’d like for their birthdays, they simply ask for a handmade card. Touching as this might be, at the age of 28 I like to think I’m a bit beyond the small gift of homemade card, and so I always buy a present as well. This year, […]
“Do you mind if I sit here?” I look up from my notebook and there she is – the Ubud hippy in excelcis. Yoga pants. Tight singlet. Hair in a bun. A copy of Eat, Pray, Love in her henna jewelled hands, the bookmark no more than two chapters in. “Of course you can,” I say, […]
