Even though we’d slept in, we were determined to track down the Cambodian breakfast dish of nom ban chock, often called simply Khmer noodles in English. We were working.
13 years ago
Sitting on top of the “fast” boat to Phnom Penh, the wind ruffling my hair, Miss M beside me busily cleaning the deck with our last wet wipe, I.
13 years ago
A flat tyre is as good a reason as any to eat something. So what’s a girl to do when a flat tyre happens somewhere in the wilds of.
13 years ago
Behind the trees, unseen children shout and shriek in delight. There’s an occasional thud of a football being kicked. Birds twitter and trill. In the distance, some ancient form.
13 years ago
Bumping along in a crowded bus headed for the border town of Chau Doc in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, between the grunts from a piglet in a rice sack, Darling.
13 years ago
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. Yep, just like the 1915 marching song recommends, we are packing up and heading off for.
13 years ago
It’s a difficult concept for outsiders to grasp – Vietnamese people keep cats and dogs as pets, they love them and are loved in return. Yet cat restaurants and.
13 years ago
Vietnamese kitchen don’t have ovens. Our kitchen has a two-ring gas cooktop. Underneath is a cupboard where the gas bottle is stored. So when Miss M first became aware.
13 years ago