A Modern Wayfarer

Archives for November 2016

Hanoi Highlights: A Street-Cart Named Desire

Sometimes when you’re on the road, unexpected things happen. Like exiting your hotel in old town Hanoi in search of a local travel agent and ending up at his family's place for dinner. There are many tantalising Hanoi highlights - both big and small - to be uncovered just by walking down the street and chatting to the locals. It is this eager hospitality and old-world charm that sets the city apart from other Vietnamese cities, as well as its fresh and tasty street or “hawker” food lining the ... Read More

Thailands Floating Cinema: A Flashback

Thailands Floating Cinema was a fleeting spectacle that gave new meaning to the term “going out” to the movies. The world is no stranger to the Outdoor Cinema, but what if the world was floating somewhere in the middle of a tranquil lagoon, idly rocking back and forth with the tide while viewing a quaint screen floating on the horizon in front of them? This was reality in March 2012, when the quintessential outdoor cinema catapulted from its humble, grounded origins and re-imagined into the ... Read More

Summer in Lake Bled: A Weekender

Some people visit beautiful Lake Bled in Slovenia to relax, to savour the peacefulness of a place in the Julian Alps usually covered in snow. Phoebe from WoodandLuxe and I had other ideas. Sure, we were glamping in the most tranquil accommodation possible, but our ‘how’s-the-serenity?’ moments were dramatically interspersed with a kind of ‘all-you-can-complete’ buffet of adventure activities. Basically, our 48 hours of summer in Lake Bled looked like an Olympic decathlon complete with cycling, ... Read More

Garden Village Lake Bled: A Peter Pan Paradise

I know a secret little garden in Slovenia where you can sleep under the stars surrounded by fresh salad produce and bubbling brooks. I know a place where you can wake up in a luxurious tree-house or five-star canvas tent (I'm talking heating/air/con, TV - the works) to the sound of bumble bees busy doing their business. A place where, upon rising, you can get your downward dogs down-pat on the lush grass next to your very own hot-tub, pick an apple from the tree and be on your way to a special ... Read More

Things To Do In South Australia That Don’t Involve Wine

Things to do in South Australia... Um, wine, wine and more er, wine? Well no, actually. There’s more to South Australia than just fine wine and sublime cheeses. In fact, it’s totally possible to avoid the wineries altogether! If you're slightly crazy. More than half of Australia’s wine is produced in the Southern State! And with nine grape-producing regions, wine is everywhere you look! Adelaide is a connoisseurs haven, and while it’s hard to resist the lure of a good Barossa Shiraz, if you ... Read More