Rushed.Hectic.Diverse After our encounter with the mental Vietnamese woman on our last night in Cambodia we weren’t expecting to be greeted with open arms as we crossed the Cambodia-Vietnam border. As was the case. There was a group of dodgy men gathering round us eager to rip us off with a motorbike ride to the […]
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I’ll be honest, when it’s my turn to write the blogs (it’s usually two at a time) I tend to fall a little behind, it’s difficult to find the time to write a short essay every week when there’s sights to be seen, people to meet and beers to be drunk. This post should really
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Congested.Dizzying.Sobering We headed to Phnom Penh for the second time since arriving here in Cambodia, except this time we where to spend some time in the capital before deciding if we have enough time to venture East before our visa expires. After an eventful bus journey from Kampot where the coach tyre directly underneath us
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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
Koh Kong: The right mixture Read More »
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
Battambang: Skulls and bones Read More »
Astounding.Sprawling.Mesmerising Siem Reap, home of the famous Angkor temples. World Heritage Site, “eighth wonder of the world” and probably the main reason tourists visit Cambodia. Our journey here began on the 6am bus from Bangkok to the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. En route we met two lone travelers, Anna from America and Dirk from
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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
Ayuthayya: Fibreglass monks Read More »
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
Bangkok Pt. III: Silicon chaos Read More »
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.
Hua Hin: Little Trinkets Read More »
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
Bangkok Pt. II: Panoramic Views Read More »
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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