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    Luang Say Residence, Luang Prabang – Refined Colonial-Style Haven

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    Dining Room at Macalister Mansion, Penang – A Menu of Discovery

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    Kinabalu Park – A Mountainside Getaway

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    Asia/Pacific Eating Abroad Featured Hotel Reviews Laos

    Luang Say Residence, Luang Prabang – Refined Colonial-Style Haven

    April 23, 2018

    Still half asleep and in my morning daze, I was momentarily perplexed as to exactly where I was when I woke up that first day at the Luang Say Residence. The familiar crow of an energetic rooster is one we have heard all over our travels through Asia, and yet, my immediate surroundings took me to another world. ‘You’re in Luang Prabang’, I reminded myself… a pretty little town with a UNESCO Heritage Site title under its belt and an unshakable French influence. Which brings me right back to the Luang Say Residence and all makes sense again. This gorgeous hotel is well-regarded as one of the best in town, and within minutes of our arrival, I knew exactly why.

    In stark contrast to the small but heavily-populated streets of the town centre, the Luang Say Residence is a sanctuary for those in need of rest and relaxation. At this point in our travels, we welcomed that idea and are not ashamed to admit that we spent a lot of our time in Luang Prabang simply chilling out at the hotel. If we weren’t in our suite we were most likely to be found down by the pool… The stunning French colonial style buildings set in lush, tropical gardens made for an inviting combination. Add the excellent restaurants and impeccable service, and the thought of spending the day at the Luang Say Residence was simply irresistible!

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    Sanctuary Pakbeng Lodge, Laos – An Oasis on the Mekong River

    I have never been so happy to see a sunset and call an end to the day. A day which started before sunrise, involved a lot of waiting around, and an excruciating eight hour…

    April 16, 2018
  • G Hotel Kelawai Penang Hotel Review
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    G Hotel Kelawai – A Stylish New Icon in Penang

    When you are living in hotels for months on end, the last thing you want to do is stay in more than one in the same city. I have to pack my bag enough…

    April 5, 2018
  • Asia/Pacific Eating Abroad Featured Malaysia

    Dining Room at Macalister Mansion, Penang – A Menu of Discovery

    After weeks of eating solely out of melanine plates and bowls, usually perched on stools at a wobbly plastic table, the sight of a well set table at Macalister Mansion was a welcomed one.…

    March 29, 2018
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    G Hotel Gurney – A Savvy Stay in Penang’s Gurney Drive

    I love Georgetown as much as the next street-art-obsessed slave to the ‘gram, but I also love getting away from it at the end of the day. The excitement of navigating its narrow streets…

    March 26, 2018
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    Kinabalu Park – A Mountainside Getaway

    I winced a little every time a local asked me if we were going to climb Mount Kinabalu. The short answer was no, but their disappointed looks always made me feel the need to…

    March 22, 2018
  • Guide to Island Hopping at Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
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    Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah – An Island-Hopping Guide

    Our first few days in Sabah had given us plenty of culture, delicious food, and a taste of their lush forests, but what we were craving now was a healthy dose of the sea!…

    March 19, 2018
  • Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre
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    Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre – A Guide to Visiting the Orangutan

    There are very few things that a certain someone and I would get up at 430am for, but the chance to get up close and personal with some orangutan definitely made the cut. Rightfully…

    March 15, 2018
  • Kota Kinabalu Sabah Guide
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    Kota Kinabalu – Ten Things to Do For First-Time Visitors

    When I told my Malaysian aunties that we were going to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, they were equal parts curious and perplexed. “But why…”, they trilled. “You’ll be bored…”, they mused. “I don’t think…

    March 12, 2018
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    Great Ocean Road – A Three-Day Road Trip Guide

    Each of our road trips start with either blasting out or belting out (depending on whether we’ve been fortunate enough to get the iPod connected or not) a song called Never Tire of the…

    March 8, 2018
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    Melbourne – A Food-Lovers City Break

    We may have arrived in Melbourne late into the night, but from the very first moment I saw its dazzling city lights, I was smitten. Often described as a grown up version of our…

    March 5, 2018
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  • The Vietnamese chicken rice, com ga, has got nothing on my beloved Hainanese chicken rice... the rice was lovely and fragrant but what’s up with the pitiful amount of shredded chicken?! #connieconsumesVietnam 🐔
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  • This might be a bit controversial but... we felt none of the Hoi An vibes! Everyone seems to fall head over heels in love with it but we just thought it was tacky, fake and overrated - just like a Vietnamese theme park, everything in the old town seems to only be for show! 
I came across this very instagrammable corner in a shop quite by chance as I liked their homewares but I recently saw a travel-Insta-couple who said they searched high and low for this very spot for hours so they could get ‘that’ shot... to me, that kinda sums up what Hoi An has become! #connieconsumesVietnam .
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  • This is my idea of comfort food - though by this point in our trip, we were pretty much 80% noodles! This Vietnamese version of wonton noodles with char siu were not quite as good as the Malaysian ones but sometimes you just want a taste of the familiar! #connieconsumesVietnam 🍜
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  • Move over fries... these are our new favourite beer snacks! When we ordered a roughly translated dish of ‘grilled pork’ we had no idea it’d be this good! As with lots of foods in Vietnam, you gotta wrap ‘em so just grab a leaf, throw on some pork bits, a bit of spicy salt, squeeze of lime and perhaps some fresh chilli and peppercorns, then enjoy! #connieconsumesVietnam .
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  • I watched a snippet of No Reservations where Bourdain, in his usual no holds barred fashion, described ‘com hen’ and I immediately wanted to try it! Just a bowl of rice topped with tiny clams, herbs, banana blossoms, peanuts, and pork scratchings with some intense clam broth on the side... as you can imagine, it’s full of texture and bold, salty flavours! My first bowl of com hen was good, but the next time I tried a ‘bun hen’ with noodles as the base instead and absolutely loved it - definitely one of the best dishes from Hue! #connieconsumesVietnam .
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  • One of the specialities in Hue is nem lui - which are grilled pork skewers (I thought they all came on lemongrass but these ones were just on wood skewers 😕)! The eating process requires some DIY but it’s fun - take a piece of rice paper, top it with the salad, pickles, pork then roll and dip into the peanut and chilli sauce - easy! Anyone else tried nem lui before?! #connieconsumesVietnam .
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