25/01/2021
Is there a destination that you long to return to when the world opens up again?
Travellers often have the desire to visit somewhere completely new or tick a destination off the ‘bucket list’. We delight in the novelty, unfamiliarity and sense of discovery.
More recently I’ve begun to appreciate the nostalgia of revisiting places I’ve previously explored. To see how they’ve changed. To see how I’ve changed.
I spent some time in Vietnam as a teenager on my first big backpacking trip around Southeast Asia. That adventure left an indelible impression on me (as that fledgling taste of freedom usually does).
I returned to Hoi An years later on assignment as a travel writer. I found pleasure in both the familiar and the uncovering corners that I missed the first time around.
Here’s a 📸 of one such corner at Quan Cong Temple 💕