Although I couldn’t get excited about the prospect of certain local specialities (notably dog), the description of recommended restaurants in the Lonely Planet guide meant that I arrived in Hanoi with fairly high expectations that a) we would eat well, and b) you would get… Read More
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Gluttony (and now for more bourgeois concerns)
Who knew that I would so quickly develop a demanding audience – more modern stuff! Less history! We’re not interested in reading about crossing the road! I thought you were going to write about food! I guess I have rise to the occasion, but while… Read More
I will remember KL because…
I got to wear summer clothes again! More seriously, it was here in KL that I discovered that you can purchase cakes, yes cakes, of laundry soap; just perfect for our hand-washing needs. Unfortunately the soap happened to strip the skin off my palms, so… Read More
Last day in KL
Highlights of Day 4 – after a slow start to the day, we drank coffee on the leafy balcony at Moontree House, a feminist bookstore and cafe I had noticed on my first day. Most of the books weren’t in English but the few that… Read More