THAILAND | Monday, 9 Nov 2009 | Views [771]
I caught
the overnight sleeper train from Bangkok
to Chiang Mai. It’s not that cheap, but if you take into account that you’re
saving a hotel room, it makes it worth it. The train is incredibly slow and
rocks around like crazy, the single track ... Read more >
Tags: chiang mai
VIETNAM | Sunday, 1 Nov 2009 | Views [1647]
The
overnight bus from Hue to Hanoi was the longest so far, 14 hours with
two or three stops. What made this one worse is there was nothing blocking the
oncoming headlights in my face so I ended up trying to sleep with my head under
the blanket. ... Read more >
Tags: halong bay, hanoi
VIETNAM | Sunday, 25 Oct 2009 | Views [1285]
The first
day is Nha Trang was a bit rainy but gave me a day to wander around the tourist
zone and sample some of the restaurants, pubs and scenery. The beach in Nha
Trang is beautiful - miles and miles of wide sandy beach with only intermittent
coconut ... Read more >
Tags: booze cruise, mud bath, scuba diving, suit
VIETNAM | Friday, 16 Oct 2009 | Views [1519]
Delat is
quite a small town, quite pretty, but not a lot to do in the town itself. I’d
mainly come here as it is the base of a company called Easy Riders, who offer
guided motorcycle tours all over Vietnam. I’d arranged a three day motorcycle
tour ... Read more >
Tags: central highlands, delat, easy rider
VIETNAM | Monday, 12 Oct 2009 | Views [910]
Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it is still referred to locally is a sprawling city of some 8 million people (and apparently 6 million motorcycles). It’s hard to say where the city starts or ends as the roads in this part of the world are inevitably lined ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, saigon
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 | Views [782] | Comments [1]
Battambang
is the second largest city in Cambodia
and not at all tourist orientated. It’s such a pleasure to not be hounded for massage,
tuk-tuk, motorcycle etc. Walking around town I actually get stared at. Either
because I’m so devilishly handsome ... Read more >
Tags: battembang
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [1406]
Having
learned my lesson on the bus trip up from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh, I paid a little extra for my
ticket to Siem Reap and found a seat further back, out of sight of the front
windscreen and almost out of hearing of the horn and the karaoke ... Read more >
Tags: angkor wat, siem reap, temples
CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [792]
It seems
that everything passes through Phnom
Penh, so I was back in the city for a few days before
heading further north.
The drive
up from Sihinoukville was interesting. I was on a much cheaper bus than the one
I went down on and as ... Read more >
Tags: phnom penh, touls slang genocide museum
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 | Views [773]
Sihanoukville
is apparently the closest place that Cambodia has to a typical resort
town, but it still has some way to go to emulate the Thai beach resorts (I’m
not saying that that’s a bad thing). There are a mix of relatively unspoilt
beaches ... Read more >
Tags: sihanoukville
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 20 Sep 2009 | Views [870]
When I flew in to Phnom Penh I was amazed at the scale of the monsoon flooding. There was water as far as you could see. The river banks and settlements were raised high enough to see them but there was water everywhere. I was worried that we were ... Read more >
Tags: phnom penh
THAILAND | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [1138]
My last few
days in Thailand: Bangkok – Pattaya –
Jomtien
In
hindsight, I probably could have spent an extra day on each of the islands to
make best use of my time; however I decided to head back up to the Bangkok area as I needed to fly ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, jomtien, pattaya
THAILAND | Saturday, 12 Sep 2009 | Views [1239]
Sawardee
krap.
It always
seems to rain when I leave a place or move around, I’ve been very lucky so far.
It rained pretty much the whole day whilst travelling from Koh Lanta to Khao
Sok. And boy did it rain!
I booked a
single night ... Read more >
Tags: khoa sok national park
THAILAND | Saturday, 5 Sep 2009 | Views [945]
I’d not
intended to visit Phuket as I’d heard that it was very tourist orientated and
quite expensive; however in low season there are bargain packages to be had. The
prospect of flying across to the other coast instead of taking an 8 hour bus
ride ... Read more >
Tags: patong beach, phuket
THAILAND | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [689]
I hadn’t booked ahead for
accommodation on Koh Samui, relying on the advice of my ‘Rough Guide to South East Asia’. I randomly picked the ‘Your Place
Resort’ as it was cheap and cheerful and on the beach at Chaweng. Chaweng is
the main hub ... Read more >
Tags: koh samui
THAILAND | Thursday, 27 Aug 2009 | Views [815] | Comments [1]
The Thai
people have a lot of respect for their elders and while I don’t personally
consider my self an “elder” I suspect that I’ve been given some advantageous
treatment lately. [I consider myself a
27 year old trapped in a 47 year old body] ... Read more >
Tags: koh tau, padi, scuba diving
THAILAND | Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Views [802]
Bangkok is mostly hustle and bustle, yet
with areas of peace and tranquility; some parts decadent and yet generally
conservative. I love it, but I suspect that it’s best served in small doses.
The flight
to Bangkok via Kuala Lumpur was a ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, grand palace, thai massage
SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 20 Aug 2009 | Views [683]
I arrived back in Johannesburg
on the Friday morning and I was scheduled to start my new job on the Monday
morning. The only problem was - I hadn’t decided if I wanted the job, I still
had many reservations about working in Nigeria. It’s not so much ... Read more >
Tags: johannesburg, sterkfontein caves
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 15 Aug 2009 | Views [705]
So it’s back home to Scotland for almost two weeks. I have missed the place I now regard as home. I’ve been a bit nomadic over the past year or so and it’s great to be able to catch up with family and friends all over. The Nigerian aspects of the job ... Read more >
Tags: carnoustie, edinburgh, fraserburgh, scotland, stirling
SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Views [700]
I arrived in Jo’burg with a day spare before the big job interview. I’ve been getting quite psyched up with the prospect of returning to South Africa to stay. Admittedly Johannesburg would not normally have been my first choice of city to live in, ... Read more >
Tags: johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA | Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009 | Views [640]
I flew down to Cape Town and met up with old University day friends who are still living there. It was great to catch up again, reminiscing over a bottle of single malt whisky. I used to have a fairly large circle of friends in Cape Town as I’d studied ... Read more >
Tags: cape town, somerset west
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