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.

12 years ago

Easy Riding in Dalat

The plan for our first full day in Dalat was for Darling Man and the kids to hang with his relatives while I took an Easy Rider motorbike tour.

12 years ago

Another Day, Another Travel Disaster

Darling Man and I are both university-educated professionals. We are organised, on-time and wise in the ways of the world. So we are baffled when things go wrong. And.

12 years ago

Living In A Construction Village

One of the selling points of our new house was its isolation, all the way at the end of a cul-de-sac with no neighbours apart from empty blocks of.

12 years ago

Phabulous Phan Thiet

Phan Thiet is a fascinating place usually bypassed by visitors, who breeze through on their way to the resort town of Mui Ne 17 kms down the road. Mui.

12 years ago

Phan Thiet Pet Cafe, A Lizard Love Story

The night before Mothers Day, my girls weekend away sidekick fulfilled her wish to eat dong lizard. We were sitting at a little place overlooking the Ca Ty River,.

12 years ago

Food File: Banh Da Cua Hai Phong (Crab Noodle Soup, Hai Phong-Style)

I am being bombarded with information about new Vietnamese dishes … and I’m in heaven. Well, most of the time I’m in heaven. It’s a bit hellish to have.

12 years ago

Food File: Cari Cua (Vietnamese Crab Curry)

Sometimes you stumble upon a dish so good that your powers of communication desert you. You’re left blurting out inane exclamations like “oh my God” and “this is so.

12 years ago