China has never been a place that was high up on my bucket list, or was somewhere I gave too much thought to. Earlier this year, my niece moved to Shanghai to complete a semester at Fudan University so I started looking at potentially going to visit. Irish citizens also have 30 days free travel … Continue reading China
Hangzhou was the capital of the southern Song Dynasty between 1138 and 1276, and was also noted by Marco Polo as being the most magnificent and prosperous city he had ever encountered, far surpassing anything in Europe at the time. Hangzhou is home to a couple of Unesco World Heritage Sights, most notably The West … Continue reading Hangzhou
Suzhou is an historic city about 30 mins on the train from Shanghai, known as the "Venice of the East" for its ancient canals and waterways in the city. It was founded over 2,500 years ago and is famous for being a UNESCO World Heritage site and also for it's traditional silk production. There are … Continue reading Suzhou
I'm a big fan of Chinese food, but this will be a mixed bag of a review - mainly because I didn't try too much local food while I was in Shanghai - it was either fried chicken feet or exceptionally greasy. I also feel like I didn't actually eat that much as I was … Continue reading Shanghai Food
I had the day to myself to explore Shanghai as Lucy was in Uni, so I rented a bike using the AliPay app and spent the day cycling through the city. This is the route I took on the Monday. On Tuesday, I got a bike and cycled to sights north of the city (1933 … Continue reading Shanghai
After a very early morning visit to the Taj Mahal, we started on a 5 hour drive for our three day visit to Jaipur On the drive, we stopped off to visit Chand Baori (where part of The Dark Knight Rises was filmed). Taj Jai Mahal Palace We stayed in this unbelievable hotel for three … Continue reading India – Jaipur
To wrap up our holiday in Vietnam, we headed back to Saigon for New Years Eve. We landed on the afternoon of the 31st and were here until midnight on the 2nd January. We stayed in a different hotel, the Novotel Saigon, so we were in a different part of town. Our location turned out … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh City: New Years Eve
The most amazing Christmas ever spent in a beautiful resort on the island of Phu Quoc where we lay be the beach drinking cocktails! On Christmas Eve we set off for Phu Quoc where we were spending Christmas on the beach at the wonderful Salinda Resort. We arrived in the afternoon and got checked into … Continue reading Phu Quoc
The beginning of my first trip to Asia.. two days sightseeing in Ho Chi Minh which included boat tours, amazing pizza and a horrible snake. Our main trip of 2015 was Christmas in Vietnam! I had never been to Asia before and was looking forward to spending two weeks traveling around Vietnam and seeing all … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh
The Cocktail Tourist 