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15/02/2017

The Ho Chi Minh City War Remnants Museum

I was going to merge this post with another, because I’m terribly behind on sharing what we’ve been up to (I’m writing this from Hue, central Vietnam, which I think is our fourth place since leaving Saigon) but on reflection it deserves its own title. Dedicated almost entirely to the Vietnam War, the War Remnants Museum isn’t… Continue reading

February 2017, THE WORLD *head in hands*

backpacking in South East Asia, history of the Vietnam War, Indifferent Ignorance, things to do in Saigon, travel blogging South East Asia, travelling through Vietnam, visiting Vietnam, War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

10/02/2017

Coconut Candy & Crocodiles: the Mekong Delta

Hi from Vietnam! We’ve been here a couple of weeks already and done a lot, and I’m going to post slightly randomly, because we did a few more museums and – surprise! – they were grim. So to start, here is our day trip from south from Saigon (that’s Ho Chi Minh City to anyone who… Continue reading

February 2016, South East Asia 2017

backpacking in South East Asia, coconut candy in Mekong Delta, Indifferent Ignorance, Mekong Delta island tour, south Vietnam, trips to the Mekong Delta, visiting Vietnam

05/02/2017

Bring a Torch to Cambodia

It’s been a heavy few blogs, so here is a treat for you at home in the UK on what I’m assuming is a dismal February day: I went to a beach and it was excellent. Well if we’re going to get into it, I went to a few beaches. There were multiples of excellence.… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, February 2016, South East Asia 2017, Travel

backpacking in South East Asia, banana pancake trail, Indifferent Ignorance, Otres Beach Sihanoukville, travel blogging South East Asia, visiting Cambodia, visiting Koh Rong Island, visiting Sihanoukville beaches

02/02/2017

Reasons to Let Trump into the UK

This post isn’t about South East Asia! Anyway so in case you’ve been living under a rock (great idea, by the way), there’s a petition asking the government to downgrade President Dickhead’s state visit to a regular one. I haven’t signed it, because although a state visit for a US president during their first year in office… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Government and Politics, Social Media, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Hugh Grant in ‘Love Actually’, Ian McKellen Women’s March, Indifferent Ignorance, No ban no wall, reasons to let Trump come to the UK, why Trump should visit the UK, why Trump shouldn’t be banned from Britain, Women’s March