February 23, 2025 | china

Battling crowds and travel bias in China

It's unusual for us to do a tour, unless it's one we're hosting. In the past our only tours have been day tours, single sight tours or personally guided...

February 23, 2025 | canada

Caught in a war cry in Vancouver

It's early afternoon when I step out onto the streets of Vancouver to explore this bustling city on my own. I've just been for a guided tour.

February 23, 2025 | canada

Having a whale of a time in Victoria

Shh, don't tell anyone, but I think I liked Victoria better than Vancouver. It's controversial, I know. Vancouver is bigger, brighter, has far more to do...

February 23, 2025 | canada

Yes, Lake Louise really is that stunning

The lobby at the Fairmont Chateau in Lake Louise stops me in my tracks. Well, it wasn't the lobby so much as the view through the window...

February 23, 2025 | canada

From food trucks to bobsledding in Calgary

I didn't think much of Calgary when I first arrived. It looked very industrial, a very uninviting city centre. Turns out I turned the wrong way...

February 22, 2025 | canada

Five (awesome) things to do in Vancouver

Let's face it, Vancouver is a lovely city. There is so much to see and do in the city centre, all within a short walk of each other.

February 22, 2025 | cambodia

The long trek to Angkor Wat

In hindsight, we probably did have too many stops scheduled on our trip through Cambodia. Two weeks and six stops, so at the last minute - and I mean...

February 22, 2025 | cambodia

A fancy French hill station in Kampot

Cambodia is hot, busy and chaotic. We had only been in the country two days and already we had worked that out. But then we discovered Kampot

February 22, 2025 | australia

Taking off on a 12-month adventure

The first stop on our 12-month trip around Australia was at Sovereign Bend, where we overlooked the Murray River and a quaint little house on the riverbank