Tag Archives: Asia
Dorm Living – Sleep Essentials
As a solo traveller staying in a dorm room is one of the easiest ways to meet people, it also however comes with some challenges, lack of space and sharing a bathroom with strangers being the main ones! I’m not … Continue reading
By Boat to Battambang.
So my time at the great ancient city of Angkor was up and it was time to move on. I had decided to take the boat from Siem Reap to Battambang (pronounced Battambong) a riverside town in the NW of … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Battambang, Boat, Cambodia, Floating Villages, Sangkae River, Siem Reap River, Tonle Sap Lake
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Angkor – The Remote Temples
Day three and not yet ‘templed out’! I decided that I wanted to spend my last day visiting the more remote temples and the easiest and cheapest way to do this was on the back of a motorbike. I’d found … Continue reading
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Tagged Angkor, Asia, Bakong, Banteay Samre, Banteay Srei, Cambodia, Khmer, Motorbike, Pub Street, Rolous, Siem Reap
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Bangkok
Miriam and I finally arrived in Bangkok late on Friday night. Nadine had recommended a guest house called Shanti Lodge where she had stayed on prior visits to Bangkok. It was just what we needed for our two days in … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Bangkok, food, Lumpini Park, street food, Thailand, The Grand Palace, Yoga
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An Unexpected Journey
Miriam and I left Nadine, Island Yoga and Koh Yao Noi for Bangkok on Friday afternoon. We were flying Air Asia from Krabi to Bangkok and the journey went pretty smoothly until we got to Bangkok. We landed at 7pm … Continue reading
Island Yoga…or There and Back Again!
After leaving Paradise Koh Yao I travelled by 4×4 further south on the island, bouncing and skidding along an unmade road through rubber tree plantations to Thakhao bay and the home of Island Yoga. http://thailandyogaretreats.com/kohyaonoi.htm# I didn’t really have any … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Friendship, Island Yoga, Koh Yao Noi, Thailand, Yoga
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Fun In a Paper Bag
Traveling with girlfriends, there’s nothing quite like it, especially when sharing a room or bungalow together. So obviously I was the messy one, Amy the tidy one and Shereen somewhere in-between. Our conversations went from the intense and serious (work, rape … Continue reading
“So are you going to write a travel blog?”
That was one of the most frequently asked questions when I told people that I was giving up my job, taking 12 months off and heading off traveling….that as well as “are you having a midlife crisis?” I hadn’t given … Continue reading
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