Surviving a layover on the Chinese/Vietnamese border
Have you heared about Chongzuo? I haven’t till I knew my friend lived there. I’ve written in other posts about the Hanoi – Pingxiang/Vietnam to China train. When I arrived at Pingxiang station at 4
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Street Food Cao Bang – exploring North Vietnam
Street Food Cao Bang. Few would argue about how useful an invention the internet has been, from ugly people having sex to spotty virgins becoming gazillionaires (real word), but one thing I’m not always that
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Rumble in the Jungle – Eating in Padawan
Eating in Padawan was something I was very excited to do. I’d been to Malaysia a few times, but had largely stuck to the KL and Chinatown circuits, granted this had provided me with ample
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To the Amazing Tamilok Challenge!
The Tamilok Challenge! Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know that once again Palawan has been decreed the “best island in the world”, although who says this and for what reason is anyone’s
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Dining in Nauru
Nauru cuisine/ Nauru food will not be winning any awards soon, but they are a sovereign nation! Therefore they do have a cuisine (of sorts). Having now been to Nauru 4 times I consider myself
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Vietnamese Fast Food – Lotteria is it any good?
Move over McDonalds, Lotteria is the biggest fast-food franchise in Vietnam. It’s been a while since I wrote about the fast food cuisine of a nation, with my being about the general culinary abortion that
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What is Air Koryo Food like? And how is it to fly with them?
What is it like to fly with Air Koryo? And more importantly today what is Air Koryo food like? When you are the inner circle of the tourist industry of one of the world’s least
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Travelling (and eating) in Sagada
Sagada is one of the nicest places in the Philippines. I probably say this on every blog I write about the Philippines, but just to get it out of the way: yes, I know the
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