Having been to China I thought I'd seen the worst of pollution and air quality, however Bangkok is definitely a contender. On my travels I'm slowly realising just how much we are damaging our planet, there are just too many of us! But I'm not here today to rant, I'm here to share a place, [...]
It's now been six weeks since we left the UK. After our time in China (click here for my travelguide) we headed to Japan. Here's a brief summary (check out our couple of seconds a day video on youtube!) of the time we've had there and hopefully some hints and tips for those of you [...]
Often in Japan it's custom to take your shoes off when entering a hostel, restaurant or temple. Not all places offer slippers. For that reason I've avoided wearing sandals (needing socks and still not convinced on the sock-sandal combo!!), meaning that for the last 15 days straight I've been wearing my Po-zu hi-tops. I've been [...]
With a local motto of 'kuidadore' (meaning 'eat till you drop'), it's no surprise that most of the weight I'd lost after 3 weeks in China has nearly all gone back on. Osaka has been claimed to not only be the food capital of Japan, but possibly the food capital of the world. After being [...]
Three weeks ago me and Rob boarded a plane from Manchester to Beijing. Here's a brief summary of the time we've had there and hopefully some hints and tips for those of you that fancy visiting in the future. Did you know? China is the world's most populous country, with over 1.38 billion people, and [...]
Shanghai is the largest city in China by population and the second most populated city in the world (24 million as of 2017). It should also be noted it hosts 90 billionaires, 370,000 millionaires and they are the largest consumers of designer goods. Whilst in Beijing I started reading the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy (FYI out [...]
It all started two days ago with our hostel host telling us about a 'secret beach' (very cliche I know!). Yesterday morning we gathered some street food snacks, plenty of water and headed out on foot to find the beach. After three hours of walking in 30°C and 80% humidity we gave up and headed [...]
