It was very early in the morning, perhaps around 6:00am, when our accommodation let us know that our driver was here to pick us up. We brought our luggage down the stairs and two men very quickly loaded up the car. We had both…
Hội An is just a quick 45-minute drive away from Da Nang, so in a flash, we were transported from the modern city of Da Nang to the quaint town of Hội An. In terms of why we chose to visit Hội An, we…
We left the mystery and awe of the Mekong Delta and landed in the modern city of Da Nang. As Vietnam’s fifth largest city, Da Nang is a busy place. It’s also known as Vietnam’s third city, because it’s more of an urban metropolis,…
The drive was quite loud and long from Ben Tre to Can Tho. There was lots of honking to swerve around other vehicles, and we ended up taking a crazy route whereby we had to even take a ferry with the car. We did…
By the time my last day of work came, it had been a whirlwind of a 2024 already. The weeks before Christmas flew by and before Victor and I knew it, we were in the Big Easy, New Orleans, to celebrate Christmas and the…
This post is Part V (the final part) in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers some amazing archaeological sites that are not located in the eastern half…
Location: Barcelona, Spain Cuisine: Italian 50 Top Pizza is a website that ranks pizzerias all over the world. There’s a list just for Italy (can you blame them?), but there is another one for Europe (without Italy). As of 2023, number three on…
This post is Part IV in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers our time in the Mani, the central southern prong of the Peloponnese. Make sure you…
Location: London, England Cuisine: Italian Traditionally, manteca means “grease” in Spanish, but today Spanish speakers usually mean lard. However, it can technically mean any oil, grease or fat. Therefore, there really is no more appropriate name for this restaurant in Shoreditch as all…
This post is part of my London Neighbourhood Guides series. Fancy visiting another area of London? Check out my other guides here, which all include information regarding the sights, history, charm, food and drinks of the area you’re curious about. As I’ve mentioned previously,…