Ta Lai Longhouse at Cat Tien National Park

We have officially found a new bolt-hole when Ho Chi Minh City gets too much. Our new holiday hot spot is just 3.5 hours and a million miles away.

10 years ago

Cu Chi Tunnels By Public Bus

The Cu Chi Tunnels, a dark and claustrophobic 250km underground network that helped the Viet Cong hide from the Americans during the last war in Vietnam, is a site.

10 years ago

And Then A Shark Ate The Internet

The internet shark struck two days before my guidebook deadline, which had been extended twice because I had completely failed to grasp the enormity of the task I had.

10 years ago

My Baby is Five

Now how did that happen? Five years ago today, the day Shocking won the Melbourne Cup, Miss M arrived. There was a cast of thousands in the delivery room,.

11 years ago

Enjoying The Life

“Enjoying the life” is a Darling Man translation of a Vietnamese expression that I can no longer remember. It’s an expression I use a lot because I love the.

11 years ago

The Con Dao Buffalo Girl

On Vietnam’s beautiful Con Dao Island, a buffalo girl really does go round the outside. At least she does at the Six Senses Con Dao eco-lodge. Three mornings a.

11 years ago

Chivalry Is Not Dead … At The Ho Chi Minh City Flower Market

Something pokes my arm and I half-scream half-squawk and jump back. This is a wet market in Ho Chi Minh City. And there are rats, you know. (And I’m.

11 years ago

Delicious Dalat

Dalat was chosen as as our summer holiday destination for one very simple reason: it’s not hot. I grew up in a very hot place, a dry and dusty.

11 years ago