Review: The Definitive Guide To Moving To Southeast Asia: Cambodia

Once upon a time, a couple in America decided they wanted to move to Southeast Asia. It was only a vague idea, a glorious daydream. But, being go-getters, they.

13 years ago

Food File: Banh Kep Xoi Cam

Vivid purple leaps out at me as I sit in the bus that is taking us home to Ho Chi Minh City from our amazing Mekong Delta wedding. From.

13 years ago

Thu’s Amazing Mekong Delta Wedding

The wedding marquee I’m sitting in stretches over the road. Motorbikes, bicycles and food carts trundle by as wedding guests eat, drink, laugh and take photos of each other..

13 years ago

Everyday Adventures: The Search For Peace Soup

Pho Binh is a small noodle shop that was a front for one of the resistance cells involved in planning the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War (which.

13 years ago

Food File: Banh Beo

Bánh bèo is a dish from central Vietnam that’s still enormously popular in the former capital of Hue. Traditionally it’s a small steamed rice cake topped with dried prawn and.

13 years ago

A Fortune-Teller Told Me

There’s a middle-aged cross-dressing fortune-teller who does the rounds of Snail Street from time to time. He/she has clownish makeup, chipped red nail polish and wears an enormous silver.

13 years ago

Everyday Adventures: Stopped By The Cops

Cool breeze in my hair, spectacular city lights on my right, hilarious dining companion on the back of my bike. I’m yelling insanely funny comments over my shoulder as.

13 years ago

Food File: Bun Chao Tom Cha Gio

To understand the sublime beauty of bún chạo tôm chả giò, you first have to meet the ingredients. Dear readers, meet chạo tôm. Chạo tôm is usually translated as.

13 years ago