Vietnamese Farmers

If I ever thought working a rice paddy field was easy, I soon changed my mind on the Tam Coc boat ride.

Phong Nha ke Bang bicycle ride

After arriving in Dong Hoi, I bused to Phong Nha ke Bang with an afternoon to spare before my cave tour. I took one of the bikes on offer from my hotel and set off to discover more rice paddy fields.

Christmas in a Muslim country

Jogjakarta was the highlight of the Java trip both for my daughter and me but getting there was a nightmare. It was the Christmas weekend. Not a problem in Muslim Indonesia, I thought. Wrong.