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Category: Travel talk

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Vietnam island time for InterCon …

August 9, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

New look for Caravelle Saigon …

New winter cruise in New Zealand's Milford Sound ...
August 1, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Wintertime cruising on Milford Sound …

April 6, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

The Porter adds Portland charm …

April 2, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Refresh for Alice Springs address …

March 27, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Byron Bay YHA update …

March 23, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Qantas unveils new Perth lounge …

March 22, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Inle Lake for Myanmar Sofitel …

March 20, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Freycinet’s new Coastal Pavilions …​

March 16, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Chef ​Luke Nguyen moves up …

March 14, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Holiday Inn Melbourne on Flinders refurb …

March 7, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Trains emerging as Europe favourite …

March 3, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

New Laos luxury in Luang Prabang …

March 1, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Crafting Qantas’ new long-haul menu …

February 20, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

AVANI unveils new hotel brand …

January 31, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

The Academy ready for April unveiling …

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017sarahnicho

Melbourne’s Adina update …

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017sarahnicho

Putting on the Ritz in Thailand …

November 22, 2017March 10, 2018sarahnicho

AVANI new for Thailand’s Hua Hin …

November 20, 2017February 9, 2018sarahnicho

Celebrity bound for the Galapagos …

November 17, 2017February 9, 2018sarahnicho

Emirates 777 cabin update …

November 16, 2017November 16, 2017sarahnicho

Crowne Plaza to open big in Fiji …

November 2, 2017November 14, 2017sarahnicho

Singapore’s A380 cabin upgrade …

October 13, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Anantara Angkor’s new super suites …

October 8, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Tourism booming in 2017 …

October 6, 2017November 22, 2017sarahnicho

Sydney’s swanky new Sofitel …

September 8, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Maldives new Mercure …

September 4, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Sydney’s Sheraton receives refit …

August 16, 2017February 9, 2018sarahnicho

Curio Collection comes to Rome …

August 15, 2017November 12, 2017sarahnicho

Making a sleep-friendly suite …

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About me …

My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I gallivant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – assembled here.

And hopefully you will find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here …

© Sarah Nicholson 2018

Recent Posts

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What's new on Instagram ...

Is there anything more Italian than a red Vespa parked in front of a beautiful building in a Roman piazza?
Welcome to Rome ... and the city of gelato for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day turns to night somewhere over the Indian Ocean between Port Hedland and Singapore ... thanks to the SQ228 crew for making today’s first flight a cinch. . . . #singaporeairlines || @singaporeair
My Melbourne Monday ... looking down in the puzzle of railway infrastructure leading away from Flinders Street. . . #visitmelbourne || #visitvictoria || @visitmelbourne
... Sakura and sunshine in my backyard.
... flying with blue above and blue below.
... thanks for another wonderful visit Saigon 😘 I’ll be back as soon as I can.
... one last look at some classic Saigon architecture.
... selecting fabric at my favourite Saigon tailor.
... I found a salvage yard across the road from the Saigon Centre in District 1 selling all sorts of “antiques” as well as doors and shutters saved from colonial-era buildings facing demolition. . I would LOVE a couple of these to take back to Australia but I’m not looking too closely as I have absolutely no idea how to get them home. . And there’s an old cyclo there too for anyone seeing a new mode of transport.
... Saigon #doorporn. . A modernist beauty on the Independence Palace gatehouse.
... Saigon’s Reunification Palace by night. . This place always makes me think of Neil Davis, the legendary Australian photojournalist who covered years of the “American War” and stuck around in Saigon after the very last American soldiers left at first light on the morning of May 1, 1975. . He wanted to be there to see what happen when the North Vietnamese Army arrived so waited on the Palace lawns for the first troops to reach District 1. . His photos of NVA tanks rolling through the palace gates, and a Communist soldier waving the new regime’s flag from the balcony, are some of the conflict’s most significant images. . Davis survived bombs and bullets in Vietnam only to be killed during a tin-pot coup in Bangkok 10 years later.
... Saigon hair cut.
... can’t get enough of the view from my room at Liberty Central Saigon Citypoint Hotel.
... exploring the bones of the glorious - but now slightly disheveled - building at 42 Nguyen Hue Street. . This structure went up in the late 1960s to accommodate American soldiers serving in Saigon and then was home to dock workers from the nearby shipyard after the south fell in 1975. . The building is now home to indie cafes, coffee shops and artist studios making it easy for architecture fanatics like me to snoop around on the way to a cool drink.

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