My taste buds were happy in Vietnam. VERY happy. Not only is the food fresh, tasty and healthy it’s also extremely photogenic. So much that I couldn’t resist being one of those people who gets snap happy with dinner the whole time. But don’t judge me too harshly, at least I didn’t Instagram it. Here’s […]
Going East…..
If ever such a coveted prize was awarded the rightful winner would surely be the collection of limestone cliffs, turtle green lagoons and white sand beaches found off the coast of El Nido, Palawan. Untouched for what looks like thousands of years, I couldn’t think of a better personification of paradise if I tried. It […]
Im not sure there is anything more evocative than a deserted white sand beach. Discovery of such can lead a person to do strange things, like run with jazz hands, sing loud and dance like a mad man. If this wasn’t strange enough it can also stir buried feelings deep within the soul and maybe, […]
Soaring above the Visayas I was ready for my next destination: the rural palm fringed island of Palawan. Bouncing out of the airport I’d reserved a bed at OMG House, as the name made me giggle and I thought anyone staying there must be a good laugh. Luckily my gut didn’t let me down this […]
When your first encounter of the day is a leather clad man who casually throws out that he’s killed a man, it makes you wonder whether you should really be taking a trip to a remote island to cycle on your own. Yes, that and the fact I’d watched a nasty documentary that morning on […]
I always thought I was more of a mountain person. Until I went to Boracay. As far as beaches go this place is beyond words, it quite simply blew my mind and I’ve been to quite a few beaches in my time. With crystal clear water and sand so white you need sunnies to look […]
Hot footing it out of Sabang, sex tourist capital, before any more fluffy teddies and hearts lined restaurant tables (I could only imagine how that went down here) I went in search of a more acceptable version of paradise, on Boracay island in the Visayas. With textbook white sand and voted the worlds second best […]
Touching down in Manila after a very bumpy ride I was already lol’ing to myself from the super sweet announcement that told me to: ‘Sit back and relax as we dim the cabin lights to give you an awesome view of the city’ Collecting my bag and heading out I was greeted by two of […]
“Change your mindset, or change your situation” The only real options available to us when we’re not content with something, right? As my disconnection with Thailand trundled on in to it’s third week up in the hills of travel playground Pai, I began to wonder, why am I still here? I hadn’t done any great […]
Girl Gone East 