A lot of people backpacking through Vietnam will bypass Mui Ne; It's a beautiful relaxing beach “town” (one strip of hotels, restaurants and convienience stores directly off the beach.) It’s the perfect holiday destination for Vietnamese and expat families living in/around HCMC - only 5 hour dodgey bus journey or 3 hours if you’re fortunate …
Nha Trang: Friend or Foe?
The Miami of Vietnam, beautiful beaches lined with palm trees, scooters everywhere, chic beach side bars, massages, fake raybans, arrays of snacks, rice crackers and more… Nha Trang is the up and coming party place in Vietnam, with beer from 50c who can blame the thirsty backpackers, although not many of the “clubbing” bars have …
Hoi An: Vietnam
Sleepy wee Hoi An, one of the most charming town/cities I’ve come across in Vietnam. Preserved by its government to only allow traffic through the town at certain times of the day the quaint ville is home to vintage push bikes. The government have also prevented the building of any skyscrapers, large buildings or the …
BrisVegas: Brisbane
Brisbane was purposefully built away from the coast and either side of the river to originally stop prisoners brought to Australia from escaping. Nowadays the river is home to a species of Bull Shark, one of the most vicious species of shark evolved to breathe in the fresh water river. A river cruise is a …
Stradbroke Island: Brisbane
Every backpacker in Australia has heard of Fraser Island, Magnetic Island, The Whitsunday Islands but I believe there’s more to Australia than following Peter Pan’s / Tribal Travels tour guide. After four weeks of city life, when a friend offered to show me around Stradbroke Island, known as Straddie to the locals I jumped at …
5 Observations in 5 days: Darwin.
5 Observations in 5 days: Darwin. 1. Darwin is expensive; this is driven by the fact they have two opposing seasons, Dry vs. Wet. With a massive decrease in Tourists during the Wet season because a lot of the national Parks are closed they hike up the prices between May-November when it’s dry. I was …