Veronika loves things; in particular, old things that have a story and possess a certain charm and character that seems to have been mostly lost in modern design. Because of this, I often find myself tagging along with her to op shops and antique stores in search of something a little different. It's never with [...]
Today's travel photo is of some bags of rice at the Central Market in Siem Reap, Cambodia. There is no going down to the supermarket to buy a neatly packaged bag of rice here. Instead, head down to the market and buy it by weight from the huge sacks of rice that the seller has [...]
Every Sunday afternoon in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Rachadamnoen Rd - the main street through the Old City - is closed off to all traffic to become one big long night market. From the central area around Tha Pha Gate, stalls set up all along the road right up to Wat Phra Singh, and they sell [...]
Today's travel photo is of a local woman selling fresh baguette sandwiches from her boat at Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho, Vietnam. My visit to the Cai Rang Floating Market was the highlight of my time in the Mekong Delta. We got to cruise along between the large boats that come from all [...]
Today's travel photo is of the Lantern Lit Petaling Market in Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I took this photo while walking along one of the side streets off of the main busy street of the market - Petaling Street, which is also where our guesthouse was located. The Petaling Street Market is a great [...]
Today's travel photo is of the local handicraft market in Luang Prabang, Laos. The market stall owners set up their market each evening along the main road in the old town of Luang Prabang, located between Phou Si and the Royal Palace. Most of the products on offer are handicrafts, art, clothes and other knickknacks [...]
Today's travel photo is of a busy street at Tsar Chaa (the central market) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I absolutely love visiting local markets when I travel, particularly in Asia, so as soon as I got to Siem Reap, one of the first things I did was take a walk to it's central market - [...]
Cars and motorbikes zoomed by me in every direction as I stared with my mouth open at the roundabout ahead of me. Several chaotic Saigon streets had converged into this one place, sending the already crazy traffic into a frenzy of horn honking and near misses. Somehow there are no accidents and everyone seems to [...]
Today's travel photo is of the busy night market in Vientiane, Laos, just as it is getting going as the sun sets. The night market in Vientiane sets up along the river front each night from around sun set until late. When I first visited the city in 2011, this market was pretty small and [...]
After the terrible first day of our tour of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, we awoke in the morning to find that we were dreading another day of the same thing. We were up early in Can Tho to visit the Cai Rang Floating Market, one of the best in the Mekong Delta. This was [...]
