Best Photos from Vietnam
Below are the best photos from Vietnam I took when visiting back in September 2013. I make no apologies for the fact most of them are from Ha Long Bay! For some of my stories from Vietnam, click here.
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An Amazing Day on a Motorcycle Tour in Vietnam
My guide for the day stopped the motorbike at the side of this muddy, rural road somewhere in east Vietnam and peed against a post next to an overgrown war memorial. “47 villagers were shot here when the Americans came,” he said, to disguise the crackling of warm liquid on leaves. “They slaughtered everyone in…
Vietnam Sleeper Train Experience (featuring a cockroach called Roy)
This is my experience riding a Vietnam sleeper train from Hanoi to Da Nang. In short: train bad, people good, especially Welsh people. Any traveller will say that the best part of travel is the meeting of awesome people. They’ll either tell you in person if you’re unlucky enough to have a travel-addict friend that…
The Ultimate 6 day Laos Itinerary & Travel Guide
Before any hardcore travelers start screaming about slow travel being the best, yes, I know a 6 day Laos itinerary isn’t enough. But we have jobs, we have cats, we have a bag of tomatoes in the fridge fast going soft, and we don’t have time for a three-month backpacking jaunt across Southeast Asia. So…
5 Reasons to Visit Brunei (And Why It’s Next on My List)
No one wants to visit Brunei, and I mean that almost literally. It’s one of the world’s least visited countries. But it’s been very close to the top of my list to visit for a while now, first as a joke and now as a legitimate “as soon as I can, I’m gosh darn well…
The 5 Worst Travel Experiences
At Comedy Travel Writing we love to celebrate the times when travel isn’t the dream experience you pretend it is on social media. It ain’t all picturesque sunsets and trips of a lifetime, folks. So here are 5 of the worst travel experiences. The Worst Part of… Sunsets Sunsets can be beautiful, calming, and the…
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4 Bucket List Trips You Should be Planning Right Now
You’re stuck at home right now, wishing you could be somewhere – nay, anywhere – else. Unfortunately, travel isn’t possible given the current state of everything. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be planning things for the future. Here are 4 bucket list trips you should be planning right now. A Great American Road Trip…
A Terrifying Event on a Romantic Night in Bali
Tonight we’re spending a romantic night in Bali a private villa nestled in some rice terraces in Bali, so let me tell you about that. It’s a really beautiful place with Scrtch scrtch scrtch What the heck was that? Scrtch scrtch scrtch There it is again. It’s coming from just outside the bedroom door, in the kitchen. We’re city…
A Weird Experience Guangzhou on a Transit Visa
Here’s my experience in Guangzhou on a transit visa. An accidental transit visa I should say, because I’m not the brightest spark plug in the toolbox (is that how that saying goes?). At best I thought I was going to have to spend the night in a hotel room under armed guard, at worst chained…
How to Cross the Road in Hanoi
Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, is full of mopeds. How do you cross a road where none of them stop?