I will be forever grateful to Kuala Lumpur for introducing me to my favourite food: roti canai. In my opinion, nothing can beat a good flaky roti accompanied by a curry dipping sauce.  We dined on this every chance we got, breakfast lunch and dinner!  Check out Andrew’s recipe for roti canai! You’re welcome. To…

When we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, we were blown away by its difference to Hanoi. This is a metropolitan city with a melting pot of different cultures.  The hand of Communism is felt less strongly here in the south and there is a huge commercial vibe.  This city has…

We took a pretty comfortable overnight train from Hanoi to Hue in Central Vietnam. Book this a few days in advance as they tend to sell out.  The train ride was a great way to save money on accommodation costs and to see the diverse Vietnamese countryside.  We saw jungles next to rice paddies next…

Hanoi, until relatively recently was not open to the outside world, and it is now making up for it rapidly. It is a place like no other, the traditions of the past mix side by side with modernity and mobs of scooters clog the old narrow cobbled roads.  You can see the evolution of Hanoi…

Our last stop in Mexico was to the Baja Peninsula, in particular the towns of La Paz and San Jose del Cabo. This was an incredibly beautiful place but also very expensive compared to the rest of Mexico.  It is unsurprising that people flock here because this place is an absolute gem.  We flew into…

Utilising overnight buses in Mexico is a great way to go between places cheaply and to save on accommodation costs, so we jumped on another one and headed to Guadalajara. We arrived in the wee hours of the morning and headed straight to Casa Vilisanta, they very kindly allowed us to sleep in another room…

Instead of a 24 hour bus ride to Mexico City from San Christobal de las Casas, we decided to fly. There are a lot of cheap airlines in Mexico and finding cheap flights at the last minute is pretty easy.  We arrived pretty late at night and caught a taxi to our hostel, Mundo Joven…

Another long, but pretty comfortable, overnight bus trip brought us to the mountain town of San Cristobal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas. It is a beautiful and picturesque town with an abundance of incredible food.  And believe me we took full advantage of all the food places at our finger tips,  I…

We jumped on a pretty comfortable ADO overnight bus from Merida to Palenque that took about 10 hours. We were warned that there were often thieves on this bus and to make sure we kept our valuables in the main luggage hold or on our person. Fortunately we did not have any problems, but a friend who…

We flew into Merida from Cuba and were immediately blasted by the heat. Wow it is incredibly hot in Merida.  We were staying at a fantastic backpackers there called Hostel Nomadas. They have a pool that we pretty much lived in and offer free cooking classes, which we attended the both nights that we were…