One of the things I love most about travelling is the potential for surprising nuggets of inspiration that pop up out of the blue.

Like this Confucius Cup that we found in the oldest house in Hoi An (our favourite place in Vietnam so far)…

The cup has a hole in the bottom of it, but if it is only filled 80%, you can drink out of it no problem – it doesn’t leak out of the bottom. If it’s filled 100%, however, the liquid drains out of the hole in the bottom. The lesson? Don’t be greedy and take more than you need. Ha!

Wouldn’t you love a cup like this? (Apparently it’s the last one in Vietnam – take a look at it below)…