Silvano On The Go

Throughout my holiday photos, there are many random snaps of brides on their wedding day. I often capture them from a distance while wondering what it would be like to attend a wedding abroad in a different culture. Well on this occasion, I wasn’t photographing from afar, I was snapping away from upfront as an invited guest! I was invited as a plus one to a wedding with my sister, so finally got around to visiting Bulgaria after a previous aborted attempt.  I’m usually the one to do all the researching of hotels, booking of flights etc when on holiday so it was a refreshing change to be given an option of flight times and be told where I was staying.  A 6am flight out and a 10pm return flight meant I had 4 full days to enjoy all Sofia (capital city) had to offer. Getting to the hotel from the airport was easy peesy. Shuttle bus from Terminal one to Terminal 2 and then a short ride on the metro . Purchased a day pas for 4 Leva (less than a single bus journey ...

There’s always a sense of accomplishment when I tick a new destination off of my travel list. I felt an even greater sense of achievement with Vietnam as not only had I unintentionally bypassed this South East Asian gem for some years but also because it was number 50 on my tick sheet.  Overnight cruise on Ha Long bay When I told my mum I was going to Viet Nam, her first words were ‘it used to be a war zone.’ And it seems as though that’s the first thing that springs to mind for many people. But Viet Nam is so much more than ’that place that had the war.’ There are so many things to fall in love with about this country. Here are few: Traffic on pavement -enjoying is phone call Crossing the streets .  By far the most dangerous thing I attempted on this trip was crossing the street. There are millions of motorbikes as the cost of cars is prohibitive, except for the rich. Here’s what I learnt about crossing the road successfully. First say a prayer (very important...