holiday

Reflecting on a kinder 2012 and wishes for a happy 2013!

January 1, 2013

Happy New Year! Wherever you are in the world, I hope you’re celebrating in style! We’re celebrating down the south coast of NSW in Tuross Heads with family, friends and plenty of good food and wine; fishing, foraging, sun and sand. There have been feasts galore and on new year’s eve last night, between mouthfuls [...]

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My top 10 memorable food holidays

December 25, 2010

What a whirlwind year! 2010 has zipped past me like the Stig in a speeding Koenigsegg, with only the whispering ghosts of his lingering cologne as a souvenir to remind you that anything ever happened. Whilst we still have days to go till we launch into 2011, it’s not premature of me to call it [...]

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Touring the Salt Flats in Uyuni, Bolivia

May 15, 2010

Now that I’m back on the blogging wagon, it’s time to pick up where I left off and start tackling the debilitating Everest-sized mountain of posts waiting for me. Time to devote more time to the travel focus of this blog. It’s been over 6 months since the Co-pilot and I went on our South [...]

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Crossing the Andes from Argentina to Chile

December 19, 2009

I dislike of being cold, I’m a creature in my element in warm conditions. It was bitterly cold in Salta, Argentina – much colder than winters in mild weathered Sydney. The thought of wearing a beanie or hat for warmth in Sydney hasn’t ever come close to crossing my mind, yet in Salta I would [...]

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Salta, home to the best empanadas

December 6, 2009

Our first 2 days of our trip were spent in Buenos Aires – eating, relaxing and easing into holiday mode and finding our feet with the language. On day 3 we caught a plane to Salta, in the north west corner of Argentina at the foothills of the Andes. Through our research we were attracted [...]

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Meat beautiful Buenos Aires

November 27, 2009

A holiday in South America! With a full month to divvy up and allocate, the Co-pilot and I did very thorough research on where we wanted to go, see and do. In fact there was months of research in preparation – we’d consulted countless guide books, blogs, websites, food shows, travel articles, friends’ personal recommendations [...]

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Vietnamese eating tour – Phu Quoc island bliss

September 29, 2009

Given I’m currently on holiday in South America I thought it was most befitting that I endeavour to finish all the posts from my previous holiday in Vietnam! And as I’ve just bought myself a nifty little notebook it makes blogging whilst on holiday convenient and a good use of the often long travel times. [...]

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Vietnamese eating tour – the mighty Mekong

August 11, 2009

Having completed the first phase of our Vietnamese eating tour in Ho Chi Minh, the Co-pilot and I headed off the on dusty and bumpy road to Can Tho, to embark on the second phase of the eating tour: The Mighty Mekong Delta. Having tried and failed to procure some delicious banh mi for the [...]

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Vietnamese eating tour – Ho Chi Minh (part 2)

July 13, 2009

The second part of the Ho Chi Minh eating tour sees us setting off for the Binh Tay markets in Chinatown. We decide to set off early and walk there leisurely before the humidity melts us and before we become sticky and irritated. The walk has us navigating the gauntlet of speeding, weaving, beeping motorbikes. [...]

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Vietnamese eating tour – Ho Chi Minh (part 1)

June 21, 2009

I’ve finally gotten around to doing this post on Vietnam. Over Easter earlier this year the co-pilot and I went to Southern Vietnam for 10 days. It was my first visit to Vietnam and it was 10 days of solid eating and detailed planning to fit in more than the customary 3 standard meals each [...]