Italy in three days, and my DF (don’t forget) list, compiled along the way in Vietnam earlier this year, just keeps growing… ChargersBattery pack VaselineSim card gizmo2 pairs ear plugsGlasses...

It was meant to be India. But it turned out some outbreak of inter-governmental handbags had turned the usual month of Indian visa-drudgery into a full on three month nightmare, and we just didn’t have...

It’s the elephant in the room, of course. For a certain age and mindset, the words ‘Vietnam’ and ‘war’ just go together like a horse & carriage. But not, it would appear, to the Vietnamese. Visiting...

No-one bears a grudge. As Westerners, people might assume us to be Americans, or Aussies – onetime combatants, and much more numerous here than Brits. But if anyone was harbouring resentment, it...