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Author: Kirsty Blakeley


Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2016-09-29 22:00:00
vietnam | Travel Inspiration

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum


H? Chí Minh was born in 1890 and was the prime minister (1946–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the North of Vietnam. He was the Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader.

Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2016-09-07 22:00:00
vietnam | Travel Inspiration

Phu Quoc Island


Phu Quoc Island is a 46km long pear-shaped island located off the south coast of Cambodia and to the south west of Vietnam. Although known as Vietnamese, it is also claimed by Cambodia, who calls it Kho Tral.

Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2016-08-17 22:00:00
vietnam | Travel Inspiration | Travel Tips

Halong Bay Junk Boats


We have carefully selected a range of different junk boats to use on Halong Bay. Details of our favourites are given below.

Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2016-06-30
vietnam | Travel Cuisine

Vietnamese Cuisine


Vietnamese food is extremely fresh and flavourful. Their cooking methods are quick and uncomplicated, involve a range of ingredients that work fabulously together.

Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2016-06-23
cambodia | Destination Guides

Choeung Ek, Cambodia


Choeung Ek is one of a number of sites known as the ‘Killing Fields’. This area is the most well-known and tourist-visited of the above sites due to its link with the Tuol Sleng Prison (or S-21).

Kirsty Blakeley By: Kirsty Blakeley 2011-12-20
egypt | Travel Encounters

Grand Egyptian Adventure – May 2010


Having worked in the UK reservations office for the last four months and from my training and research into this tour, I thought that I knew all there was to know.