Hong Kong. I think we landed 10 years to the day that I’d last been there. I just remember wanting Chinese food and not finding anything good, so the city left a bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended). This time though we had locals to show us around, and C. has been about …
We have a big honeymoon planned for 2020 (keep your eyes peeled for updates), but since one of my life goals is going to Italy at least once a year for the rest of my life, and we just got married, we decided to combine these two things for a little minimoon. Since we did …
Last week I spent a few days in Provence with my husband (!!!), aunt and uncle. I’ve always wanted to see the lavender fields, and taking a few days off after our Paris wedding to experience the French countryside and relax was just what we needed. I’d highly recommend going to Provence in the last …
Summer holidays are all about balance- for me, at least. A week before our small Paris wedding, we took a family holiday with C’s family, to Corsica- they used to spend every summer there as a family, and now that everyone is grown up with spouses and in some cases kids, it seemed like a …
I’ve wanted to go to Cambodia for years now, and after trying to work in time to go with girlfriends or the fiancé, I finally bit the bullet and decided I’d just go alone rather than wait for schedules to align. It wasn’t the first time I’ve travelled alone in Asia- I went to Bali …
Do you ever have those moments in your life where you stop what you’re doing and wonder, what did I do to bring me to this moment, right now? What were the series of steps and decisions that brought me here? At around 6:45pm last month, I was in the middle of rural Cambodia, sitting …
Last weekend C. and I awoke bright and early to take the Eurostar to Amsterdam. We were planning for a weekend trip of fine dining, hotel bar-ing (a special thanks to the Hoxton Hotel for hosting us last weekend- as always, it was an awesome stay. You can use code “Khaleelah20” for 20% off your …
Myanmar. Where do I start with our trip there? I’ve always wanted to go. My Aunt went there about 10 years ago, the first year it opened up to Western tourism in a big way, and has always said amazing things about it, so I had to see for myself. C. and I spent 10 …
I’ve been wanting to go to Hpa An ever since I saw photos of the Buddha filled cave there. We saved the last three days of our trip in Myanmar for Hpa An. It isn’t as touristy as some of the other parts of Myanmar that we visited, so I’ll break down the trip, what …
As I mentioned in my Inle Lake Photo Diary, we stayed far away from Nyuang Shwe, the “big town” near Inle Lake. We drove through it quickly, but it looked pretty full of tourists. Instead, we opted to stay further out on the lake- literally, on the lake, in a floating resort. Shwe Inn Tha …