Articles Posted in the Food/Drink Category
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Montreal, the Cultural Melting Pot of Canada
03 – 07 November 2010 I was off to Montreal; from what I’d heard it was the cultural melting pot of Canada with great music, a great art scene plus fantastic food and drink. Everyone I’d talked to had spoken highly of the place; I had compiled a list of things to do, things to [...]
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Washington DC – Food, Culture, People and Apple Picking
14 – 18 October 2010 For my last three nights in Washington DC I stayed with another couch surfer. I had an amazing time with Monica, it really sealed the couch surfing deal for me – no better way to travel! Beer Garden The night that I arrived another couch surfer was also staying the [...]
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Napa Valley Wine Country by Rental Car
07 September 2010 Renee and I picked up our rental car from Hertz at the airport. It was the worst rental car experience I’ve ever had, it was slow and no help was forthcoming; but the car was clean and worked when we eventually found the thing. Despite driving on the wrong side of the [...]
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Brussels (Belgium)
29 July 2010 I was very excited to be setting out to see Europe alone, essentially this trip was going to be my first stint of solo travel since leaving New Zealand. Unfortunately it did not start well. My train was due to leave at 6.20am and I was through the terminal gates by 6am; [...]
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Heidelberg & Koblenz (Rhine Valley, Germany)
21 July 2010 We departed mountainous Switzerland and headed for the famous Rhine Valley, the area which was demilitarised by the Treaty of Versailles after the 1st World War because of its recognised importance to Germany; as both a key trading route and likely area to begin a military expansion from. On the way we [...]
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Munich (Germany)
18 July 2010 After white water rafting we departed for Munich. We only had a little free time to explore Munich so I made the most of it and went to the BMW museum, after all Germany is known for BMW (Motorcycles), Porsche (Cars) and Adolf Hitler. While in Munich I also managed to take [...]
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Ljubljana & Lake Bled (Slovenia)
13 – 14 July 2010 We had one night in a hostel in Ljubljana (Austria), essentially another stopover to break up the driving hours. Ljubljana’s university is making its way onto the European university scene, the town has a good ‘university’ feel to it despite us being there during the holiday season Slovenia is known [...]
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Tiger Cave Temple
13 May 2010 The time had come for some jungle walking, to experience Buddhist culture and to search for some tigers. James and I set off on hired scooters with a vague sense of direction. Eventually we spotted a large concrete structure which formed part of the temple, we had made it. A female monk [...]
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The Competitive Nature of Koh Phi Phi Bars
I reckon whenever New Zealand publicans whinge and moan about the competitive industry they operate in they should be made to take a compulsory holiday in Koh Phi Phi. In Phi Phi three main beach bars operate, these are Ibiza, Apache and Slinky. To get customers they (like many other bars in Phi Phi) have [...]
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Pum’s Thai Cooking School – Fantastic
09 May 2010 If you like Thai food this is the best thing you can do in Koh Phi Phi, I really had a fantastic time. I did a course where we would make two dishes of my choice; my first choice was Red LIpstick – Tom Yum Goong (Thai Hot and Sour Prawn Soup), [...]
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