“STOP,” my 12 kilogram passenger shouts. We are approaching a bridge, where the verge I’m riding on disappears and I’ll be forced closer to the motorbikes and pickup trucks.
14 years ago
In nine days, our two-year-old spent 32 hours on trains, five hours on motorbikes and several more hours in taxis, tuk tuks, ferries and planes. And slept in five.
14 years ago
Travel logistics means I’m not sure when I’ll have access to the internet over the next few days, so Vietnam Week will go into recess. I still have several.
14 years ago
Today, the 23rd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar, the kitchen god rides a goldfish to heaven to report on the household happenings of the past.
14 years ago
My travel entourage includes Vietnam’s answer to The Bush Tucker Man, the Australian soldier-turned-TV star who fronted a bush food show in the 80s and 90s. Major Les Hiddins,.
14 years ago
Toddlers have a vastly different set of criteria for assessing the net worth of any activity. It’s a mysterious and complex algorithm that seems to factor in smiles, swings,.
14 years ago
Chiang Mai’s old city, surrounded by an exotic moat and remnants of ancient city walls, sounds like it would be small and easy to navigate. It’s not. Chiang Mai’s.
14 years ago
My dad would have turned 65 today. He didn’t mind having a birthday just before Christmas. Even as a boy he didn’t mind people telling him they’d just get.
14 years ago