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theveryhungrylondonerFebruary 11, 2016

4 weeks in Japan in 5 moodAways

This post is sponsored by moodAway. Back in November I spent four weeks in Japan travelling by train from Yakushima, a small island off the southwestern corner of the country, to Sapporo on Hokkaido, the… View Full Post

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theveryhungrylondonerJanuary 27, 2016

Japanese onsens and British nakedness

When was the last time you saw someone naked in a non-sexual way (excluding your partner)? Include images in magazines, on TV shows and in movies. You can’t remember can you? And a few months… View Full Post

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theveryhungrylondonerAugust 22, 2015

Hoi An: Where to stay, where to eat, and lots of pretty pictures

Hoi An is pretty. Really very pretty. It’s a small town, chock-full of charm and the complete opposite to sprawling, brash Ho Chi Minh. It’s the kind of town you could easily end up spending… View Full Post

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theveryhungrylondonerAugust 14, 2015

Getting to know Ho Chi Minh: A book, a chat, and three recommended tours. 

I found my first few days in Vietnam a little difficult to be honest. While there were some personal reasons for this, my luggage left languishing at Singapore airport for example, I think it was… View Full Post

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theveryhungrylondonerAugust 11, 2015

A Postcard from Ho Chi Minh: Communism and Cartier.

There are certain phrases that you are banned from using as a travel writer. “A city of contrasts” is one of them. It’s just been used too many times. So I’m not going to use… View Full Post

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Hello, and welcome to my tiny corner of this big ol’ internet!

I’m Fiona, and I used to be a food-obsessed literary agent living in London. Now? I’m not so sure.

After six years of giving it a very good go, I finally realised that my hunger wasn't the sort that could be satiated with Hawksmoor short-rib French dips.

So I left. In February 2015 I packed a couple of bags and headed off to Asia. Solo, indefinitely and with the hope that new faces, landscapes and adventures would satisfy me in an entirely different way.

And it kind of worked.

I now live in Bali (for the moment). No longer a Londoner but still, as ever, hungry.

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  • When I said views...
  • Having to tear myself away from this gorgeous place which has been my home the last five nights. It was such a great find - the staff could not have been kinder, I was offered lunch on the house every single day, and the views, the views! Just breathtaking! Already planning a return. Until next time then.
  • Marina Corricella, Procida ~ This trip has been a really lovely reminder of just how much I enjoy travelling on my own and being in my own company. I adore working at Tribewanted and being around interesting people all the time, but I really need to make sure I carve out enough time on my own when I get back. It’s so easy to get swept up in everything that’s going on there and forget about my own creative projects and work. Note to self: make more time for you!
  • I woke up yesterday morning on the tiny island of Procida, in the bay of Naples. I can see Mount Vesuvius from my window. It was a blinding beautiful day. I made myself a cup of espresso and sat for a few minutes looking out at the view, feeling peaceful. Then I checked my phone. Manchester. I don’t understand how this world can be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time. I just don’t.
  • Naples, Italy. #ihavethisthingwithfloors
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  • You know how some cities look nothing like you imagined them to be? Like all the photos you've ever seen of them had been cropped and filtered? Naples is the exact opposite of that. It is EXACTLY how you picture it.
  • Naples isn't pretty or elegant. It has no decorum whatsoever. It's dirty, and loud, and crowded, and frequently smells of fish. It shouts at you, and throws itself in your face. Its a brazen hussy of a city. I kind of like it.
  • Boungiorno Napoli! ~ I'm on a little holiday from the farm, here in Naples for the next couple of nights then heading to the tiny island of Procida for most of next week. So far, it's all a bit overwhelming. After three months living up a mountain I'm finding the bustle of Naples a bit much, but I'm taking it slowly and sure I'll settle into its rhythm soon. Naples is also completely different to every other Italian city I've been too. So much is crammed into every square meter of it, it's very intense and full on.
  • "To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour." William Blake. ~ Someone reminded me of these lines recently and I haven't been able to get them out of my head since. To see the beauty everywhere, to be present in every moment, to be connected to everything... isn't that what we should all be reaching for? ~ Walking, right after the rain:

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