The hype surrounding these ancient temples of Cambodia is enough to make any traveller book a bus to Siem Reap without hesitation in order to explore the ruins. After a six-hour bus journey from Phnom penh and a subsequent tiff with yet another scamming tuk-tuk driver, I wounded up in a sweeet room at Good [...]
One of the rites of passage of any Cambodian trip, Sihanoukville is a beach town seeing more and more backpackers hit its shores. After dropping our bags off at Monkey Republic and drinking our complimentary free beer, we strolled down to the beach, all the while manoeuvring various mounds of rocks, bricks and other debris. [...]
One of my favourite days of my RTW trip so far! I woke up after hardly any sleep in my Siam Hut in Koh Chang, and decided to leave for Cambodia… This was in part due to wanting to get ahead in the SE Asia leg of the trip, but the fact my makeshift bed [...]
Every night so far I have stayed somewhere different, in the hope I can find somewhere with lots of people to meet! After an unsuccessful saunter down Khao San Road I headed towards Soi Rambuttri and settled on Rambuttri Village Inn. For about 450baht you can get your only really nice room with cable TV [...]
I booked my Kiwi Experience sheepdog pass well in advance before I had even begun my round-the-world trip. Normally I wouldn’t consider booking something so expensive in advance before getting to the area and looking at the alternatives, but the website screamed at me “25% off” and I duly handed over my credit card details. [...]
For me, New Zealand has some of the most stunning scenery in the planet. I think part of the beauty is the fact that it’s such an isolated country and so pretty much unspoiled by man! Here’s a selection of my favourite photos from my travels on the two islands.
I arrived just before midnight after a pleasant flight with Qantas. instead of going smoothly, it felt like everything was going wrong! At the baggage carousel I put my mobile phone on the floor in order to put my backpack on, and like the twat that I am I forgot to pick it up again… [...]
