This week's travel photo is of a line of Tuk Tuks and Songthaews along the side of a street in Luang Prabang, Laos. I loved walking the streets of Luang Prabang and the Tuk Tuk drivers didn't bother me very much. I found that they all seemed to offer everything in one sentence. "You want [...]
The Colosseum is the most popular tourist attraction in Rome, Italy, and one of the most well known structures in the world. Completed in the year 80AD, the Colosseum is the largest arena that was ever built by the Roman Empire and was able to hold 50,000 people. The arena was used to host gladiator [...]
After an amazing two weeks of trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas of Nepal, I was back in the capital city of Kathmandu, with a couple of days spare before heading to the south of the country. I had experienced a glimpse of what Kathmandu was all about when I had first [...]
Built in the 15th Century, Wat Ratchaburana is one of the most well preserved ruins in the ancient Siam capital of Ayutthaya, Thailand. The temple was built by Chao Sam Phraya, who became king after his father passed away in 1424 and his two brothers, Chao Aye Phraya and Chao Yi Phraya killed each other [...]
We only had a couple of days to explore the area south of Naples on our tour of Italy. One of those days would be dedicated to the ruins of Pompeii, so we only had one day spare to visit Italy's famous Amalfi Coast. Although we had experienced amazing weather in Rome, so far during [...]
This week's photo is of a lonely bench sitting next to an old bath or pond, in the ancient ruins of Pompeii, Italy. The Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed in 79AD when the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted. The catastrophic eruption sent huge waves of heat and ash into the city, instantly killing its [...]
I absolutely love the culture in Italy, from the food to the art, I just always want to be out and about wandering the streets. There are a lot of buskers in Italy; nearly every city and town that I went through had someone playing an instrument or doing some other type of interesting performance. [...]
After a long 8 hour bus ride from Vang Vieng the day before, I awoke in the early morning ready to explore the spiritual heart of Laos - Luang Prabang. One of the first things I like to do when I get to a new place is to go for a walk and try to [...]
Ho Phra Keo is one of Vientiane's oldest temples. Built in 1565 by King Setthathirat, the Wat was used as the royal chapel of the Lao Monarchy, but more importantly it was built to house the Emerald Buddha. This sacred statue, which is now housed in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, ended up in [...]
New Zealand is a trekker's paradise. In the three weeks beforehand, I had already trekked the Milford Track, helihiked on Fox Glacier and trekked part of the Queen Charlotte track in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds - not to mention the many smaller day hikess I had done in other parts of the country. My adventurous [...]
