DISCOVER TRAVELS OF A TWENTYSOMETHING

Queenstown After seriously re-jiggling our trip (we were now on Plan E) we finally made it to Queenstown and the sun was there to greet...

So we’d said goodbye to the North Island, hopped on the worlds most beautiful (and windiest!) ferry with our absolute queen Large Marge,...

New Year, new country! Kia Ora New Zealand! We flew into Auckland from Manila, and what a culture shock that was. After nearly 6 months...

These were the final 3 islands of our Filipino adventure. They involved welcoming in the New Year on the beach, 2 parasites that decided...

From Cebu we flew to Puerto Princesa, the flight wasn’t on time, but they did play the instrumental version of Elton John’s ‘Step into...

Mabuhay Philippines, let’s do this! Our first stop was Cebu, including Cebu City, Moalboal and Malapascua Island. Our Dream Team also...

We got a 6 hour sleeper bus down from the chilly mountains of Sapa to the capital city Hanoi. We were bundled onto the Freezing Shelf...

Cat Cat Village Cat Cat Village is a lovely little walk from the centre of Sapa. The views on the way are amazing, especially on a clear...

A four and a half hour bus journey (including a ferry crossing) and we’d made it across to Cat Ba island. Our crew of 3 became a team of...

The only bus heading to Tam Coc from Phong Nha was a night bus. It was meant to leave Phong Nha at 9pm and arrive in Tam Coc at 5am. “5am...

Four and a half hours up from Hue is tiny Phong Nha. The worlds most enthusiastic bus host spent the ride laughing at his own jokes and I...

A few hours down the road from Hoi An is Hue. The two are joined by the Hai Van Pass- Vietnam’s answer to California’s Pacific Coast...

We packed our soggy bags with all our soggy stuff and left soggy Da Lat behind, hopping on to a sleeper bus headed for Hoi An. We had to...

So, we’d left sunny Mui Ne behind and took a 5 hour bus in the rain to Da Lat. It was so bumpy that I spent the entire journey trying not...

A five hour bizarre day time sleeper bus took us to the coastal spot of Mui Ne. A far cry from the risk-your-life traffic dodging streets...

Our time in Cambodia was over and it was time to make our way to Vietnam. Seeing as they share a border we didn’t want to fly, we wanted...

These were our 3 final stops in Cambodia, small and pretty sleepy they were a good spot to prep for the jam packed Vietnam itinerary...

A long, hot 7.5 hour bus journey from Battambang brought us to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. It’s busy, full of traffic and dust...

A four and a half hour bus ride where a grandmother fed her grandchildren red bull at the beginning of the journey, a child peed in a bag...

So we’d said goodbye to Laos, and our first stop in Cambodia was Siem Reap, home to the famous Angkor Wat. We channelled our inner Lara...