Three Days in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Just over a year ago I spent a long weekend in Kanchanaburi, west Thailand, with my younger brother and another friend, Kate. This remarkable region of Thailand has a wealth of culture to offer curious...
View ArticleBangkok Farmers’ Market at Gateway, Ekkamai
I thought I’d write a quick blog post about my trip to the Bangkok Farmers’ Market yesterday as it may be of interest to some of you BKK expats, travelers and vegan foodies! Now to me, an English a...
View ArticleBroccoli Revolution, Bangkok, Thailand
So last week my girlfriends and I finally made time to check out Broccoli Revolution. This superbly named venue is an upmarket, strictly vegan restaurant which opened last month in Bangkok. From the...
View ArticleKoh Rong, Cambodia’s Paradise Island
Koh Rong is the closest I’ve come to experiencing pure, unadulterated paradise. With white sand beaches, crystal blue sea and creamy Pina Coladas, Koh Rong is the perfect island getaway and (so far)...
View ArticleThailand Vegan Survival Guide Part I: Ordering Thai Food
Catering to a vegan diet can be difficult at the best of times, throw in an unfamiliar city, foreign culture and a language barrier and you’ve got yourself Chilli Basil Dog Fried Rice! (I’m kidding,...
View ArticleVegan Meal Options on Thai Air Asia Flights for the Vegetarian Festival 2015
On a recent flight from Bangkok to Tokyo I noticed that Thai Air Asia are offering two vegan meal options for the Vegetarian (เจ/ jay) Festival which takes place every October. Meal option 1:...
View ArticleOktoberfest in Japan & Exploring Yokohama
For my forth evening in Japan I was hosted in Yokohama which is a fantastic city, about one hour by train from central Tokyo. A friend had recommended that I check out China Town and Yokohama Harbour...
View ArticleVegan Curry at Nagi Shokudo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Since arriving in Japan I’d be living almost exclusively on $1 rice balls and cartons of fruit juice from 7Eleven (partly because of the convenience and partly because I’d lost my debit card and...
View ArticleMy First Couchsurfing Experience – It Got Weird!
I was initially planning to write a post entitled “Couchsurfing in Tokyo and Yokohama”, briefly describing my first three experiences in terms of accommodation, location, etc… then I decided to get...
View ArticleVegan Ramen at T’s Tantan, Tokyo
I heard about T’s Tantan from a vegan friend, as well as some random guy on couchsurfing, so I decided to check it out! When I finally found the place (directions below) there was a queue out the door...
View ArticleThailand Vegan Survival Guide Part II: Vegan Restaurants & Food Courts
Hopefully you’ve already read part one of my Thailand Vegan Survival Guide, “Ordering Thai Food“, in which I cover some language essentials, introduce Thai street food and share some cultural facts...
View ArticleHalloween in Cambodia
Halloween is only a couple of days away and this year I’ll be spending it in Seoul, South Korea. It seems Halloween isn’t really a ‘thing’ here but it was huge in Japan. In hindsight and with better...
View ArticleFive Top Tips for Your Trip to Japan
Before embarking on any great travel adventure we research where to stay, what to see and perhaps familiarise ourselves with a few local customs. After that we kinda make it up as we go along – right?...
View ArticleVegan Curry at Cosme Kitchen, Kyoto, Japan
After a long day of sight-seeing in Kyoto my boyfriend, Blake, and I were tired, hungry and wanted nothing more than to find a nice restaurant. We’d been walking non-stop for 5 hours and neither of us...
View ArticleOne Night on Koh Larn
My boyfriend, Blake, and I had been talking about a little beach getaway for maybe… 8 months? But for various reasons the trip had been repeatedly postponed until one night he and I were rather drunk...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Travel Home for Christmas
If you’re a world traveller or long term expat, eventually you’ll have to answer the question “should I go home for Christmas?”. If the answer is “no” then you may be spending December 25th on a beach,...
View ArticleA Look Back at 2015 – 10 Highlights
As it’s the first week of the New Year I thought I’d reflect on 2015 and share with you some of my best bits. For the most part my year was fantastic! At the close of 2015 I’d been living in Thailand…...
View ArticleVegan Dining in Osaka – Paprika Shokudo
After a wonderful day of exploring the city, my boyfriend and I met with a lovely vegan couple whom I was introduced to by a vegan friend in Bangkok. See, we vegans have a network (actually underground...
View ArticleHow to Book the JR Beetle Ferry from Hakata (Fukuoka) to Busan – ENGLISH GUIDE
If you can’t read Japanese then booking the JR Beetle Ferry from Hakata (Fukoka) to Busan will be very difficult. Luckily I was assisted by one of the Japanese staff members at my hostel so I thought...
View ArticleMy Vegan British Airways Experience
A couple of weeks ago I flew Economy from London to Bangkok with British Airways. Up until that flight I’d never been organized enough to make a call and request a vegan meal, despite having flown...
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