Southeast Asia

27 February 2012 Simon Petersen 5

Gruff military personnel strip you of your camera as you pass through a metal detector and join a long and somber queue. You slowly make […]

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 […]

17 February 2012 Simon Petersen 12

As I write these words my body is still reeling from a 12 hour bus journey that took me overnight from Nha Trang to Hoi […]

13 February 2012 Simon Petersen 2

Saccharine, schmaltzy and without a hint of irony whatsoever, Dalat’s Valley of Love is cuter than a sack full of lolcats and very nearly as […]

8 February 2012 Simon Petersen 2

In a town where crossing the road is tantamount to playing chicken in the middle of a busy motorway at rush-hour, Ho Chi Minh’s War […]

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 […]