I did not plan this post the way I planned the others. There was no single walk, no single day. This is what happens when you add up four nights of wandering Hobart’s waterfront, its heritage streets, its markets, and its museums, then step back and look at what you actually did. If you are planning a Hobart trip and want the real shape of the city rather than...
I stayed at exactly one hotel in Hobart, Nightcap at Carlyle, in Derwent Park, north of the CBD on the same side of the river as the city itself. Everything else in this guide is researched and checked against multiple current sources, not personal experience. I would rather say that plainly than write reviews for rooms I never slept in. Hobart is small enough that...
I only ate at two places in Hobart worth calling proper first-person recommendations. Everything else in this post is researched, checked against multiple current sources, and clearly marked as such. I would rather tell you that upfront than pretend I dined my way through the entire city on one four-night trip. Hobart’s food scene has grown into something worth...
I have been asked more times than I can count: “How do you actually plan a trip to Bhutan?” It is a fair question, because Bhutan does not work like anywhere else I have travelled to. You cannot book a flight, land, and figure the rest out as you go. Almost every visitor arranges their entire trip â guide, driver, hotels, permits â through a licensed...
Punakha is a beautiful valley and one of the most visited tourist destinations in Bhutan. While the Punakha Dzong is a gorgeous piece of architecture, Punakha offers some naturally beautiful places to visit too.
I went to TMAG expecting an hour, maybe ninety minutes. I left four hours later, and I still had not seen everything. If you take one thing from this post, take that: budget more time than you think you need. The main entrance signage for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, with an exhibition banner for artist Jodi Haines visible alongside. TMAG sits...
I planned this one for a Saturday on purpose. Salamanca Market only happens once a week, and I did not want to be the person who turns up on a Tuesday and wonders where everyone went. So I built my whole Hobart afternoon around it: market first, then up through Kelly’s Steps into Battery Point, then a loop through the oldest streets in the suburb before heading...
Most guides point you up Mt Wellington for sunset. That is fair advice. But the mountain is a long drive, the weather turns without warning, and if you have only a couple of evenings in Hobart you might want something closer, quieter, and easier to reach. That is where the eastern shore comes in. I spent four nights in Hobart in January and gave myself two evenings...
I almost missed Sapa entirely. I had one night in Hanoi, a vague idea that the mountains in the north were worth seeing, and a friend who said â without much explanation â just take the night train. So I did. I boarded at Hanoi station just before 10 PM, fell asleep somewhere in the Vietnamese countryside, and woke up at dawn to mist pouring over mountain ridges I...
Wineglass Bay is the photo that sells Tasmania. That perfect curve of white sand and turquoise water, wrapped around by the pink granite peaks of the Hazards, ends up on every postcard and guidebook cover for a reason. In 2026 it was named one of the World’s 50 Best Beaches, and seeing it in person, from the lookout, on a clear day, it earns the hype. I am...