Cooking up a storm with the Hoi An Eco-Cooking School in Vietnam

Not only did I come home from south east Asia with a slightly improved ability to use chopsticks, but also with the knowledge of how to make some excellent Vietnamese dishes. Considering how much I love cooking, you might find it strange to hear that I’d never attempted a cooking course abroad before. But when […]

Living my best life at Bangkok’s Big Dog Cafe in Thailand

I spent an entire year enviously scrolling through an Instagram page called “The Big Dog Cafe” before I found my way there. After my friend Jess had visited a year before, I’d kept it in my mind, determined to go to what was basically my idea of heaven on earth. And Bangkok Day Three was […]

Thailand diaries part 1: Making friends with an ex-monk in Bangkok

My first venture into south east Asia had me feeling a bit like a millionaire. Changing up my pounds for Thai baht left me with more than a handful of colourful bank notes, promising me false riches in a country where everything seemed inexpensive. I arrived in Bangkok with £150 worth of Thai baht and […]

Getting up close and personal with nature in Chiang Mai, Thailand

British politeness meant that I started my one-day adventure in The Great Outdoors by rubbing spicy green mulch into my very heavily bleeding finger. I had a spare few days before my flight home from Bangkok so I thought I’d venture into northern Thailand after hearing a few good things about Chiang Mai. After all, […]

Five Fabulously Fancy Ways To Spend An Evening In Covent Garden

Only the classiest of suggestions! Covent Garden: Home to the theatre, more art galleries than you could count and – somehow – even more buskers. But if you’ve looked at one too many Monets and can already recite the words to Lion King back to front, don’t fear, because there’s plenty more hiding behind Covent […]