I have just got back to London after a very long journey with China Eastern and I need to talk about it, partly as a vent and partly as a heads up for other vegan travellers.
The route was Brisbane to Shanghai, a flight of around nine and a half hours, followed by a six hour layover in Shanghai Pudong airport, and then a further fourteen hour flight from Shanghai to London Gatwick. All in all, a properly long haul journey that was tiring and rather gruelling.
Here is a photo of the food I was given in the cabin.
We are getting closer to a century of podcast episodes and this week episode 99 of Tell Me Where I’m Going (Wrong) was recorded while I was visiting Australia.
Josh and I chat about travel etiquette, what we think of Madonna’s new music, and legendary Australian rockstar (and vegan!) Adalita of Magic Dirt. We also revisit our our personal stories of dealing with homophobia following Australian sporting personality Kane Evans coming out.
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Sometimes we are faced with eating the vegan option in a non-vegan restaurant, especially when we find ourselves in a location with no all-vegan options or when the local vegan restaurants are closed.
This happened to me during my final day in Brisbane today, on a quiet Sunday night in the city centre.
As I write this, I am in Brisbane, Australia, visiting friends and family in the city where I spent my childhood and early adult years. In a few days I will fly back to the UK, but later this year I will be making the move back to Brisbane on a much more permanent basis.
It is fair to say this visit has stirred up a lot of emotions.
Read more below.
FGV and husband on the beach in Brisbane winter (still shorts weather!)
If there is one thing I love about independent vegan businesses, it is when they refuse to stand still. Constantly creating, experimenting, and dreaming up new treats is exactly what keeps people coming back, and Sheffield’s Trupig Vegan has turned that into an art form.
One of my favourite things about the vegan movement is seeing people come up with creative ways to support animals while helping more people discover delicious plant-based food.
For example, these incredible kits for growing your own lion’s mane mushrooms!
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All of my upcoming events can be found online here. This includes the return of London Vegan Beer Fest!
If you appreciate my blog posts and the work I do to support vegan business and challenge injustice, please consider making a one time small donation of a couple of quid online here. You might also be in the position to sponsor my work on an regular basis via Patreon.
You can order my book ‘Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drink and Live Like You Give a Sh!t’ online now. It has been out a while now but is still a good read. You can also listen to the Audiobook read by me!
