Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province is famous for food and pandas. It should also be famous for the epic rain, which meant we didn’t get to see the pandas until our final day. We dodged the showers to explore the city, embarassingly over-ordered in a casserole restaurant and attended an over-priced cookery school. Next stop Guilin and Yangshou…
After a scenic debt-inducing ride from Kawaguchiko to Tokyo, our intrepid travelers stumbled into the efficient wonderland of Japan’s Shinkansen. For £150, they zoomed to Kyoto, engaging in extensive train snack evaluations and pondering the delicate etiquette of train beers. In Kyoto, they reveled in free luxurious hotel upgrades while contemplating their hair (neither being a hair model). The cultural exploits involved dodging tourists, sampling divine food—including deep-fried Wagyu—and discovering the joys of overflowing sake. Amidst temples and bamboo…
We like to take a cooking class in each ‘exotic’ destination we visit, and as India is so vast & with such diversity of cuisine, we’re likely to do a few during our time here.
When travelling, particularly in South East Asia, we like to attend a cookery school to learn more about the local cuisine. The Tresna Bali Cooking School certainly isn’t the cheapest, but it was very highly rated so we thought we would give it a go.
Holiday in Thailand. Starting in Chaing Mai, then flying to Krabi and Railay Beach. Back with a change in Bangkok.