Local Restaurants to visit in Ho Chi Minh City
A sure way to discover reliable restaurants is to type “top places to eat around me”. A restaurant with a decent number of reviews (more than 100) and a rating of above 4 usually won’t disappoint.
Dining and restaurant phrases for Cantonese practice
If you’re learning Cantonese for the first time, you may find it difficult in comparison to languages like Korean and English. The reason is because Cantonese has 9 tones!
Year of the Dragon Tet celebrations in Saigon
The standard phrase to greet people with is “Chúc mừng năm mới (Happy New Year)”. Say this with the earnest hope that their new year arrives with good fortune and harmony. You’ll hear the phrase said back to you, with a grateful smile.
Top night time activities in downtown Fukuoka
As the sun sets, there are plenty of sights and activities to include in your itinerary. The cuisine is highlighted by ramen, yatai stalls, and seafood.
Places for solo dining in downtown Fukuoka
The downtown area (represented mainly by Hakata, Tenjin, and Nakasu) is cosmopolitan and filled with impressive commercial buildings, shopping centres, restaurants and hidden bars.
Beginner-level Vietnamese phrases to know for travelling
Being a Cantonese speaker, I recognise the similarity in complexity and sound to the Vietnamese language. Like Cantonese, a different tone used for the same word can give it a completely different meaning. Unlike most languages in Asia, Vietnamese uses the Latin alphabet. These letters (together with their accents) help express 17 consonants, 11 vowels, and 6 tones.
11 ideas for your first week in HCMC
District 1 is considered the downtown area and is home to towering office headquarters, luxury hotels, and cosmopolitan nightlife. For other areas that are popular with foreigners, you can check-out District 2 (where many expats and international schools are based) and District 7 (home to many Korean people).
Singapore Airlines from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City
The Singapore Airlines crew were charming in appearance and hospitable with service. They easily accomodated my request to change seats, and I found myself happily stretching out my legs in a front-row, emergency-exit seat.
Visiting Nijo Market, Hokkaido University and Sapporo Factory
In a foreign environment, it’s human nature to seek what is familiar. Solo travelling does not allow for this possibility – the people and places you know are all somewhere else.
6 ways to familiarise with life in Sapporo
From spending a month there, I appreciated the lifestyle of the capital city of Hokkaido and the different sides of its personality.