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Eating & Drinking

A beautifful sunset in Koh Tao, Thailand

Why I backpack (and you should too)

8 May 2012 Simon Petersen 18

It’s raining so I’m sitting in my room, where it’s dark because the light doesn’t work. The bed is as hard as concrete and I […]

Big Ben up close

If London was a Batman villain…

1 May 2012 Simon Petersen 11

Large and overcrowded, glamorous but expensive, beautiful yet filthy – no city in the world is as much a contradiction as London. Or as divisive. […]

Drinking fruit wine in the ocean in Nha Trang, Vietnam

Party time on the Nha Trang boat tour

12 April 2012 Simon Petersen 4

What starts out as a relatively quiet snorkelling trip soon transforms into a riotous cabaret show and then a rowdy piss-up in the middle of […]

Sitting on a beachchair in Berlin, drinking by the Spree

Springtime for Berlin

5 April 2012 Simon Petersen 0

Nobody told me there would be days like this, lounging on a beach chair in the sun, sipping ice-cold beer as boats lazily float past. […]

A bowl of pho

Pho: if it’s good enough for the president…

9 March 2012 Simon Petersen 2

A visit to Vietnam wouldn’t be complete without tucking into a bowl of the country’s unofficial national dish: pho. Just ask former US President Bill […]

Me in Luang Prabang, Laos, next to the Mekong River.

From Hanoi to Luang Prabang (a love story)

7 March 2012 Simon Petersen 10

It was off to a fairly underwhelming beginning, delayed in a bitterly cold and threadbare Hanoi Airport due to adverse weather conditions (airport speak for […]

The Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium

Five reasons to love Brussels

24 February 2012 Simon Petersen 6

You might think a city that’s home to both the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) would be dull and uninteresting. […]

Night market in Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, with scooters rushing past.

Death defying acts in old Saigon

22 February 2012 Simon Petersen 8

Thousands of scooters whip past, their horns blaring as you stand in the middle of the road like a deer caught in headlights. Your heart […]

Me driving a conveertible in Tenerife.

Getting stabbed in the face in Tenerife

20 February 2012 Simon Petersen 1

Three simple words to sum up my holiday in Tenerife: OPEN BAR and BUFFET. To be honest, and I feel guilty saying this, I never […]

The Istanbul skyline

Istanbul: the place where history and kebabs come from

15 February 2012 Simon Petersen 5

Istanbul is ten thousand miles away from New Zealand, literally and figuratively. Mosques dominated the city skyline as the ferry made its way across the […]

The Singapore skyline by night

Ice Kacheng: a Singapore sensation (or not)

6 February 2012 Simon Petersen 4

I’m not the bravest man in the world when it comes to trying new culinary treats but when I saw a picture in a Singapore […]

London on Waitangi Day with a NZ flag - in front of Westminster

A guide to London’s Waitangi Day pub crawl

31 January 2012 Simon Petersen 2

New Zealand’s national day is coming up and for the more than 50,000 New Zealanders living in London that means just one thing: pub crawl! […]

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