Culture

March 1, 2019

Kawaii in Kyoto (Southern Higashiyama edition)

Japan is an aesthete’s dream, and nowhere more so than Kyoto. This stunning city, surrounded by hills and set along the Kamogawa River, is full […]
January 18, 2019

Lovely laid-back Lamma Island, Hong Kong’s hippy outpost

Hong Kong was one of those places that I had always wanted to visit. We flew through Hong Kong airport many a time, on the […]
October 10, 2018

Singapore stopover (and finding tea heaven)!

After eighteen months of having our feet firmly on the ground in Sydney town, finding jobs, building a business, finding somewhere to live and enjoying […]
September 4, 2018

First impressions of Bali and how we came to live in Ubud

Bali was one of those places I never wanted to visit. Marred, in my mind, with visions of drunken tourists in Kuta wearing Bintang singlets […]
June 21, 2018

If a traveller travels without broadcasting it on social media did they really travel?

Following the recent royal wedding there was a gorgeous photo published of an older lady standing on the side of the road waiting for the […]
May 30, 2018

The fairytale village of Shirakawa-go

Ogimachi village in the Shirakawa-go district of Japan is one of those fairytale destinations. So striking and intriguing are the photographs of this unique place […]