Peaceful.Confusing.Laidback After a very cramped and stuffy two hour minivan journey we arrived at Kampot. Before we headed to our guesthouse we got some tasty streetfood for 50p a plate, it looked a bit like worms but at that price who’s complaining! From pre-booking at Ganesha Guesthouse we knew the place was a bit out […]
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Lazy.Tropical.Isolated. Our time in Sihanoukville was spilt into two sections, the first being on the mainland and the second on an island about an hour off the coast. When in Koh Kong we pre-booked a place to stay in Sihanoukville called ‘backpacker heaven’, which turned out to be one of the best places we’ve stayed
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Tropical.Watery.Un-touched. Granted, Koh Kong might at first sound like another rural destination that you’ve never heard of but you may or may not find it more recognisable as the home of the Cardamom mountains. To be honest we knew very little except that we miss the mountains and we both like cardamom. Especially in steaming
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After leaving Siem Reap we where in that lovely position of needing to be nowhere in particular at any given time, we have reached the stage where travel is dominated by whims of fancy and chances happenings. On the evening in question it just so happened that Sarah and I decided it had been a
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Our trip to Ayuthayya was intended to be a stop over somewhere halfway between Bangkok and Cambodia, to avoid having to get up at a respectable time for the bus journey to the border, it was indeed a fascinating place but things did not quite go to plan with regards to geography, more of that
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Apologies if you are getting bored of reading about Bangkok, even I must admit that it is growing tedious writing about the same place. Things that were new and exciting have become commonplace for us now on our third visit to the city after almost a month spent here. With all that said it in
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Very.Merry.Christmas Three hours drive from Bangkok lies the town of Hua Hin, where we had chosen to stay for twelve days over the Christmas period. As we wanted somewhere nice to stay for Christmas we went way out of our poor travellers budget and treated ourselves to a swanky ‘condo’ with private pool and beach.
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Returning to Bangkok from Mae Sot was similar in ways to returning to Pokhara from Annapurna (for those loyal blog readers this may make more sense.) It felt like returning home, to a place that is welcoming, familiar and comfortable. Yet at the same time, it is only when returning to this homely place that
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Refreshing.Backbreaking.Fulfilling The trip to Mae Sot was one of those spur of the moment decisions that can either be disastrous and leave you feeling like a moron for even contemplating going, or as is often the case, they form some of the most enjoyable and rewarding moments of travelling. Certainly our trip to the Myanmar border
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Pulsating.Delicious.Colourful Bangkok. the word conjures up images of crowded streets, neon lights, late nights and ladyboys. Our first stop in South East Asia, after our Indian and Nepalese excursions was highly anticipated, and the Thai capital has more than delivered as I think we are both already rather fond of the city. I remember
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Cultural.Leisurely.Spices We hadn’t planned on going to Kerala when we first decided to travel to India, but with numerous people we had met along our way telling us we had to make it part of our itinerary we thought we should go and see what all the fuss was about. When we arrived in the
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Short.Smart.Overgrown Bangalore the city of technology. We where only staying in the city for a short time but I was excited to see the city that has gained the reputation of the silicon valley of India. We arrived at 6AM off another painfully sleepless coach journey (we were again punished for lack of planning
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Bizzare.Prehistoric.Unique As is customary I’ll start with trains, what on one-hand is an impressively vast and, on the whole, reliable network is on the other a very difficult system to conquer for travelers such as us and many others who wish to take a laid back approach to planning itineraries. Such is the demand
Hampi: Grains of sand Read More »
Unexpected.Jumbled.Tasty We spent our final night in Nepal in the distinctly Indian border town of Khakarbitta, like many border towns it was dusty and depressing but we were forced into staying there as it was too late to either attempt the journey to Ilam or cross the border into India. The walk to
Darjeeling: Reading and relaxing Read More »
Buzzing.Ancient.Hidden After all the things people had told us about Kathmandu we were preparing ourselves for a mini India experience. We were quite surprised by what we were greeted with when we got to Thamel- central Kathmandu. There is a maze of streets lined with tourist shops selling clothing, tea and general nik
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