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.
11 years ago
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.
11 years ago
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.
11 years ago
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” 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
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.
12 years ago
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.
12 years ago
There’s an older Vietnamese guy speaking loudly to me as I bump along on a local bus. A hot and wiggly Miss M is squirming on my lap as.
12 years ago