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Once known as the kingdom of Lan Xang, or in English, “the land of a million elephants”, Laos is, like its elephants, beguiling, charming, fascinating and enchanting. This is the third in a series of five stories about Laos, a…
Once known as the kingdom of Lan Xang, or in English, “the land of a million elephants”, Laos is, like its elephants, beguiling, charming, fascinating and enchanting. This is the fourth of five stories about Laos, a stirringly beautiful country…
Once known as the kingdom of Lan Xang, or in English, “the land of a million elephants”, Laos is, like its elephants, beguiling, charming, fascinating and enchanting. This is the fifth of five stories about Laos, a stirringly beautiful country…
Once known as the kingdom of Lan Xang, or in English, “the land of a million elephants”, Laos is, like its elephants, beguiling, charming, fascinating and enchanting. This is the second of five stories about Laos, a stirringly beautiful country…
Paihia With an approximate five-and-a-half-hour car ride, or 432 kilometres north, from Mt Maunganui, the Bay of Plenty, – our starting point -the road will take you north to Paihia, the “capital” of The Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.…
It doesn’t happen often that you go into a cafe and then want to go back. Straight away. Well, not for me anyway. I may enjoy passable food, wine, and adequate service, but I leave with no desire to return.…
If you are looking for an alternative way to travel to Cambodia, I can recommend the ferry trip up the Mekong River. After an amazing three weeks in Vietnam, during which we travelled the country via bus, train, and plane,…
In an attempt to answer this oft-asked question, Mytravelroom has selected some recently visited countries, where the food could be described as interesting, mystifying, varied, and almost always, delicious. Most of us are aware that Vietnamese cuisine is world-renowned. As…
In an attempt to answer this oft-asked question, Mytravelroom has selected some recently visited countries where the food was interesting, mystifying, varied, and almost always, delicious. Most of us are aware that Vietnam is world-renowned for its cuisine. As illustrated…
A road trip through southern Luang Prabang left us spellbound by its varied beauty and the simplicity of life in rural and mountainous northern Laos. We had already fallen in love with the country. This short day-long trip cemented our…
Of course, this ancient Hindu-Buddhist temple complex is a “must-see” – it’s a world-famous UNESCO attraction outside Siem Reap in Cambodia. But more than that, it is just plain magnificent, gob-smacking, and humbling. When planning our trip, visiting Angkor Wat…
A small city of approximately, 250,000 people, the Siem Reap River splits this delightful town into two halves. Travelling through the middle, the river was created by the ancient kings of the Khmer Empire to provide water to the city.…