Giverny is really worth a visit just to see Monet's house, garden and Les Nympheas. The village is very small and quite expensive so opted to stay in a campsite at Les Andely's which was based on a small chateaux and extremely cheap. 12 euros for a tent with 2 people and a car parking space. Arrived in Giverny at 8.30 am ready for Monet's house to open. 9 Euros for a ticket. It is worth going straight down to the lily pond before the crowds arrive and actually e...

A week in Laos would never be enough and I knoew this from the beginning. What a truly amazing place with the most calm and humble people that you could ever meet. The city of Vientiane, Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang are the only places that I managed to visit on the short stop that I had. With the aid of a 4 wheel drive pick up truck I set of to make the most of the short time that I had in this beautiful country. Dotted with temples along the way, banana plant...

So an adventurous 15 days traveling around the main island of the Philippines was amazing. Spent time in Sagada, Banue, Batad, Pagudpud, San Juan and Manila. The rice terraces of Batad were a sight to behold and an experience not to be missed. Hanging coffins of Sagada were quite random in there own right. Hiking, surfing, volcanoe climbing all in a trip to this place.

Well its been a lovely week in Beijing. Lots to see and do as well as a stay in a hutong courtyard. Popped to the Temple of Heaven at 7am in the morning to see the locals in action on the exercise equipment, perform some dancing, throw some diablos, fly some kites and just generally be chinese. The wild part of the Great Wall was an amazing experience, trudging through the under growth and thistles as well as just roughing across the small amounts of wall that h...

So I have been back in Beijing for about 2 weeks now and have started my new job with some success I think. Head of PE involves alot of paperwork and chasing people around, I mean really any need. Haven't really done anything exciting as of yet just popped to the art district for a sunday stroll and thats it really. Time to start planning some more trips I feel as time is short and need to visit somewhere soon. Christmas in Palawan is a good call though, swim w...