I recommend any one going to Thailand to read this post on first time advice for visitors to Thailand by Chris from My Egg Noodles. There is some excellent advice given, not too sure about the suitcase, I prefer a backpack (I’ve stayed at many places without lifts, also most cities in Thailand have large …
The last time I was in Phnom penh was back in 1998 when I was travelling with Ch my friends Chris and Danny on my first backpacking trip. When we got into town we were under orders to report in at the British embassy; which was located a few blocks out of town on an …
What can I say, you’ve got to get there quickly before this spot becomes well known and is overrun with tourists carrying Cannon cameras; damn guess its too late! Just out of interest does everyonown a Cannon SLR nowadays, they seem to be as common as muck. Despite the amount of tourists (who can largely …
Malaysia is a great country for people who love food such as my good self. It is a very cultural diverse country and therefore the food has lots of different influences; the biggest being Malay/Indonesian, Chinese, and Indian. Other major influences are the surrounding countries such as the Philippines (especially for Borneo) and Thailand. Within …
Well after having a great time in the party cities of Hong Kong and Bangkok I arrived in the capital city of Lao PDR, Vientiane. What a shock this was to the system, the streets were quiet, the pubs shut down early and the tuk tuk drivers wanted about three days average wages to drive …
I travelled from Bangkok to Vientiane in Laos in order to get a tourist visa. I went overland through the Isaan region of Thailand and visited a few of the major cities. The Isaan region of Thailand is quite different from the Chiang mai region where I spent the last 5 months or so. The …
Well I am getting seriously behind with my travel updates! Although I have recently been blogging about Chiang mai there are three countries that I have recently been to which I have yet to write about. These are Macau, Laos and Burma; I have also spent some time up in the North East of Thailand …
Being in Thailand Elephants seem to play a large part in my life, the Thai word for elephant is Chang. I drink far to much Chang beer, like to drool over the Chang girls, and live next to Wat Lam Chang. Even my friend in China has named herself Chang; though in Chinese it is …
I shouldn’t really be telling you about my upcoming boat trip to Chiang Rai from Chiang Mai as it is a bit of a secret. Shh……..
For the first part of this exciting two part feature go be sure to visit Hong Kong 2009 The next day we went sightseeing, taking a trip to the big Buddha via the cable car. We then went to a little fishing village, which is quite an amazing contrast to how the other side of …