Ramblings of a rampant beauty editor…
How’s that Cape Town drought going? Is the city still load shedding? What does a single bag of groceries cost? Can R500 feed you well for a full 7 days? I’ve been working remotely and travelling in South East Asia since 1 April and am loving the effect it’s had on my bank balance and […]
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You can find just about anything in Thailand but there are two you won’t – or at least not easily – and that’s self-tan and anything relating to blonde hair. For this reason, I always bring my own self tan (The Tan Lab in Dark and Skinny Tan Mousse) but the hair issue is new […]
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I’m currently in Vietnam but have a few more scraps of Chiang Mai-related advice to dispense so rather than tack them onto existing posts I’m going to stick them up here. My next post will be (gasp!) beauty related (memba when I used to write about that?) and then I’ll move on to chatting about […]
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Last month I wrote a post detailing a bunch of my favourite restaurants in Chiang Mai, the places I’d most enjoyed before buggering off to Cambodia followed by Yangon. If you haven’t read that and are looking for places to eat in and around Old Town, pop on over here. After Cambodia, I returned to […]
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Right! I’m assuming you’ve read my first post on Yangon and have got a bit of an idea regarding the lay of the land. It’s a surreal place and still feels kind of ‘untouched’ as it was only recently opened up to tourists. Even so, they’re not exactly reeling them in right now thanks to […]
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When I was a little girl I used to have a recurring dream about floating through a once magnificent but now derelict mansion in the middle of a hot, humid jungle. Vines creeped through the tall arched windows of the ballroom; broken Louis XVI chairs lined the walls and the rotting grand piano was home […]
Read MoreI’m not sure if you’re aware, but there’s a five hour time difference between South Africa and Thailand. When it’s 10AM in Thailand and I’ve already done pilates and chugged my first iced coffee, it’s 5AM in Cape Town and my employers are all asleep. As a freelancer that’s great, because I get a big […]
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Known for its salt pans and pepper plantations, Kampot is a laid back Cambodian city with a small town feel. My travel buddy, Salomie, and I arrived via a bus from shitty Sihanoukville and the process was pretty painless. We simply booked tickets via our hotel in Snooky and, if I remember correctly, the two-hour […]
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After having a jol in Siem Reap, Salomie and I decided to head on down to Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s seaside ‘resort’ city. Having given it a mild google, I’d gathered that Serendipity Beach was the most popular area with tourists like me (those keen to party and relax) so I bought our flights FOR THE WRONG […]
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If you ever find yourself in Siem Reap, you can rest assured you’ll never be bored. There’s a lot to do, be it eat, shop or temple hop. My favourite thing is eating so that’s what I did the most of. (With a lekker dollop of drinking too!) As I’d made friends with a rad […]
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As you’ve probably figured out by now, I’ve extended my stay in the east. I’m just having too much fun to leave. Right now, I’m travelling through Cambodia, having left on a bit of a whim after hearing good things about Siem Reap. It’s the gateway to all the big temples (Angkor Wat being the […]
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If you’re following me on social you’ll know I’m currently in Cambodia in and I’ll be creating a few posts on that soon but I first want to wrap up my time in Chiang Mai (which isn’t over yet, I love that place sooo freakin’ much, I’ll be back) so let’s get cracking shall we? […]
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Lipgloss is my Life 