Straight off the plane, we hit the ground running in Paris, after the first sight of the Eiffel Tower (Around the corner from the hotel), we walked 4km down the river Seine finishing up at the Lourve. The Lourve, one of the worlds great museums, did not disappoint. We wandered through the various exhibits spending the most time in the Mona Lisa and the Egyptian exhibition. I've always thought the best way to see a new city is to jump on the Hop On Hop off tour buses and Paris was no exception. We jumped on at the Eiffel Tower and went on three out of the four lines throughout the day, giving us a good overview of Paris. Heading down the Champs Elysees, we saw stall after stall set up.. Of course! The Christmas markets, ... read more

Dalat- the Paris of Vietnam, it even comes with an Eiffel Tower, is much cooler than the rest of Vietnam. We arrived in Dalat after a 5hour drive from Nha Trang, unfortunately the cold I was coming down with in Nha Trang had well and truely hit me and I felt terrible. Despite this, we did manage a city tour in Dalat seeing the coffee region and the flower region. Dalat is well known for its wine, coffee, and flowers and had I been feeling better, we would've visted the wine region. Dalat was a lovely place but unfortunately since I felt so terrible (Chris wanted to take me to hospital), we didnt see or do too much.... read more

The trip from Hue to Hoi An is a long one, approximately a 2.5 hour drive. On the way our guide invited us to see the most beautiful part of Vietnam, as stated by Jeremy Clarkson on TopGear (so therefore it must be true hehe), and it was pretty. As we got closer to Denang, we were invited to a Cham museum, a group of people that had settled in Vietnam, one lucky guy decided to follow us around and got a free tour When we arrived in Hoi An, we had lunch with the guide who volunteered to take us on a walking tour of Hoi An where he would show us good restaurants and a good tailor. As there was to be a full moon festival the next night, he booked a balcony table ... read more

After our last trip to Vietnam, Chris and I decided a return was on the cards. And not just a simple return trip to Vietnam, a huge trip that would ensure we would see everything in Vietnam we wanted to see. This is how I found myself on a rickety sleeper train heading up through the Vietnamese mountains to a small tour called Sapa, less than 2kms from the Chinese border. We had left Perth on Saturday night and by the time I set foot on the train on Sunday night, all I was hoping for was good nights sleep. Alas this wasn’t to be the case, although Chris slept perfectly, I found myself lying away through the jerky movements on the train to the sudden stops and what I am still convinced was the sound ... read more

We arrived in Moscow late, approximately 10pm after a 6hr train ride from St Petersburg. Luckily we’d manage to secure transfers before we left and there was our driver waiting at the end of the platform. It could’ve been very interesting trying to secure a taxi and also nerve-racking seeing the number of police and officials around and trying to get a taxi would’ve put the bright neon “tourist” sign over our heads. We arrived at our hotel the Aerostar, while in the middle of nowhere, was gorgeous, definitely the flashiest we’ve stayed in. After asking the price of the internet, we both looked at each other abit worried about what we were gonna do for dinner. Luckily and very surprisingly, dinner prices were very reasonable, thankfully since there is nothing else around. Walking towards the ... read more