The last time I was on Khao San Road, a mere few weeks ago a colleague said he did not like it as it was “too touristy” and had attracted “chavs”. I explained that it was both of these, but this was what it made I so great, particularly for those of us who travel…
What is the street food in Tonga scene in 2024? Overall pretty good, at least when compared with my last sojourn in 2020, some four years ago. And as for the country in general? Once again, same, same, but a wee bit different. Long time no see Tonga And why did it take me four…
Having found myself back in the seaside town of Hua His, Thailand I have thus once again needed to find places to eat and drink. This is what led me to what can only be described as the rather strange Sweden Restaurant. Why the Sweden Restaurant? Well the menu looked good and who does not…
When it comes to hotels in Funafuti and Tuvalu in general your choices are not exactly huge in the 3rd least visited country on the planet. The best though of the three, or so is the Funafuti Lagoon Hotel “the” place to stay on the capital atoll. Yet while it is indeed the best, again…
The Philippines gets bagged a lot for not having great food, but actually they do, it is just all imported for the most part. And this is what led me back to having sashimi at Kushimasa Japanese restaurant in Ermita. Why Japanese food? Well this area is popular with both Japanese and Koreans, which means…
A few months ago I was treated to lunch at Cafe Adriatico because my friend stated it was “the best” in Manila. Overall I was impressed, but not so impressed I felt I would end up coming back. Come back though I did indeed do after our group tried to find a Brazilian BBQ restaurant…
