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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 […]

A man puts his head inside a croc's gaping mouth.

Wrestling crocodiles in Bangkok

10 April 2012 Simon Petersen 5

Anything goes in Bangkok. The same city that sells bogus labelled clothing, pirated DVDs and fake IDs to travellers on a busy street in the […]

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. […]

Nic with a giant Easter egg in Sweden

A ghost town overrun by giant Easter eggs

3 April 2012 Simon Petersen 1

Because Europe all but shuts down on Easter Sunday – and there’s only so much to do in a chilly and mermaid-less Copenhagen – I […]

Manchester United meet Fulham, in my first ever football match

Living in London: football fans, hooligans and trophies

29 March 2012 Simon Petersen 2

As Manchester United winger Nani lined up the penalty that would put his team out of reach in the dying moment of the match, my […]

The rock the little mermaid normally sits on.

The case of Copenhagen’s missing mermaid

28 March 2012 Simon Petersen 4

Imagine you went to Paris and the Eiffel Tower wasn’t there. Or you went to see Big Ben in London but it had been loaned […]

The killing tree at Choeung Ek, Cambodia

The brutality of the killing fields (not for the squeamish)

26 March 2012 Simon Petersen 15

Bone fragments, teeth and pieces of fabric litter the ground next to a gnarled and knotted tree against which babies and small children had their […]

Beatles cover band The Cheatles perform to a pub in Liverpool

The Cheatles live in Liverpool

22 March 2012 Simon Petersen 1

Travelling is all about moments like this one. Having wandered down to the Liverpool docks I was struck by a familiar sound, one synonymous with the […]

Beachcairs along Serenditpity Beach in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Cheeky monkeys: a warning to anyone travelling through Cambodia

19 March 2012 Simon Petersen 4

Are Cambodians trying to rip you off or are they just really, really bad at mathematics? Since arriving in the country a week ago not […]

Dalat, Vietnam

Places that give the worst first impressions

13 March 2012 Simon Petersen 8

Within ten minutes of arriving in the Vietnamese town of Dalat I was ready to throw in the towel. Lost, hungry and tired of playing […]

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 […]

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