Living in Chiang Mai
Living in Chiang Mai is popular for travel bloggers. Beautiful landscape, great night markets, delicious food and cheap travel and living
South East Asia
Travel tips and destination highlights for the countries of South East Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Indonesia
When Travel Destinations gets Trashed and People Die
The headline distressed me. “22 year old Australian man dies on flying fox in Laos” I didn’t have to read any more of the article to know what had happened. Copious amounts of alcohol in …
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How to Travel Safely to the Philippines – Travel Tips
Just to get it out there, Manila isn’t the Philippines. It’s where the main international airport is but I hope you don’t judge the country by its entrance (there are stories that they are spending …
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Lessons Learned from Teaching in Thailand: Respect your Elders
The WAI is a traditional greeting in Thailand that shows you respect and honor the person in front of you. A wai can be given in different ways depending on the person who stands before …
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Exploring Bukkitinggi, Sumatra with a Real Indonesian Explorer
“I’m an explorer.” “A real one? I didn’t’ think they existed anymore or there was any place left to explore.” “No. I am. I go off into the mountains of Western Sumatra, where people have …
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My First Trip Abroad in Indonesia
This week saw the first ‘travel talk on twitter‘ #TTOT . The tweeting conversation was about your first trip abroad. While technically my first trip abroad was a two week holiday with two girlfriends in …
Journal Extract: Sunrise over Mt Bromo in Java, Indonesia
This ‘Sunrise over Mt Bromo in Java, Indonesia’ travel story is part of my Journal Extracts series. These are stories taken from my travel journals that span across 14 years of travel. Bear in mind …
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