Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is Vietnam’s largest city, and its financial and commercial hub. This sprawling city has a population of over 8.5 million people, half of which are under the age of 35. It’s a young city and one of the fastest growing cities in Asia. Cranes dot Ho Chi Minh City’s skyline. Many more apartments, shopping centres, offices and even...
Last Updated: September 2026 I don’t know about you, but I love Singapore. We’ve visited four times now and still feel like we’ve barely scratched the surface of everything this fascinating city has to offer. Singapore is packed with interesting attractions and neighbourhoods, with an incredible mix of old and new architecture and cultures from...
Important update – October 2026: We travelled through Myanmar before the military coup in February 2021. Since then, the country has experienced significant political upheaval, ongoing conflict and major changes to tourism. We’ve kept this article as a record of our journey and the beautiful places we were fortunate enough to experience. Please be aware that...
Visiting Myanmar’s many pagodas, temples and ancient capitals was a big part of our recent holiday there. We loved immersing ourselves in the country’s rich culture and history. But after nearly two weeks of temple hopping, and being constantly on the go, we were exhausted. Some relaxation time was definitely in order, before flying home and getting back into the...
2017 has been a great year for us. We’ve maxed out our holidays, taking three international trips and several long weekends away within Australia. It’s been a blast! So it wasn’t very hard to put together our top ten list of experiences for the year. Taking a boat right up close to an active lava flow in the Big Island, Hawaii One of the best ways to experience the...
The experience that we were most looking forward to on our trip to Myanmar was a hot air balloon ride over Bagan. But sadly our flight was cancelled at the last minute, due to poor weather conditions on the day. We tried to find a spot on the next morning’s flight, but because it’s the most popular experience to do in Bagan, it was fully booked for the length of our...
After six days of temple hopping, we were keen to experience something a little bit different. Luckily our next stop was Inle Lake. This lake is Myanmar’s second largest, measuring twenty-two kilometres long by ten kilometres wide. This picturesque lake sits in a valley between two mountain ranges, in the Western Shan State. While the scenery is spectacular...
After spending an awesome three days in Bagan, we headed off to Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city and its last royal capital. Mandalay is often overlooked by travellers, which is odd because it has so much to offer. We had planned two days there, but we left feeling that it really wasn’t long enough. Mandalay is a cultural and religious centre of...
Important update – October 2026: We visited Bagan in 2017, before the military coup of February 2021. Since then, Myanmar has experienced significant political upheaval, ongoing conflict and major changes to tourism. We’ve kept this article as a record of our experience exploring Yangon and its beautiful attractions. Please be aware that the situation today is...
It had been a long time since we’d set foot in a hostel. After months of backpacking around Australia in my twenties and many bad experiences, I’d kind of put the hostel world behind me. But after our recent stay at the 5FootWay.Inn Project Boat Quay, my opinion of hostels has definitely changed. It turns out that they’ve come a long way in the last ten years. My...