We took a six hour coach journey from Chaing Mai to Sukhothai, we were really sorry to leave Chaing Mai as we had enjoyed it so much, but as always keen to move on. Sukhothai is an ancient capital of Thailand, a very small town with very few westerns around, everything seems to close around Read More »
Our trip to Halong Bay began with the usual, not knowing what the hell was going on, but I guess people want to know more about Halong Bay, rather than how annoying and frustrating Vietnam can be. We boarded our boat at 11am for our 3 day two night tour and set out for a Read More »
Our trip from bangkok to Siem reap went very smoothly compared to some of the horror stories we had read at talesofasia.com. This was probably due in part to the fact that we arranged all of our own travel instead of going with a packaged trip from Khaosan rd, which are supposedly riddled with scams. Read More »
The next morning I boarded an Indian Airlines plane and took off for Srinigar, Kashmir. I enjoyed a beautiful one hour flight over the Himalayan Mountains before meeting one of the houseboat owners, Hanif at the airport. As he loaded up my backpack onto his jeep he informed me of the strike that occured in Read More »
As Mully and I patiently awaited the arrival of our bus in the Hello Vietnam Guesthouse we met the two girls from New Zealand who were also on the trip and sat quietly for over an hour. It finally arrived and we followed a Vietnamese guy to a bus and he took the bags off Read More »
This time my group of riders was smaller and wanted to experience a shorter visit to Sabah and visit village area and to test the life style of the locals. it was a 3 day ride going up north and turning east ward along the foot of mt Kinabalu. we where very lucky for the Read More »
After the rickshaw ride from hell in Delhi, I arrived in Agra simply wanting to go to bed and try to sleep it off. Instead, my rickshaw from the station was charged by a herd of cows, and I only survived thanks to the quick reactions of my driver, Sultan. Unfortunately, for saving my life, Read More »
If you have only 8 hours of day time in Bangkok, I would suggest a Chao Phraya river cruise with a visit to the Grand Palace and Wat Pho. The time will give you more than a glimpse. Of course 8 hours of night time could well be something else all together. Will try and Read More »
Varanasi – once Kashi and Benares. An ancient city, known as the City of God and the City of Life… a thriving mass of humanity on the holy Ganga at the confluence of the Varuna and Assi rivers. Unfortunately, as the last stop on my trip through India (until re-entering in December to fly out Read More »
We took a six hour coach journey from Chaing Mai to Sukhothai, we were really sorry to leave Chaing Mai as we had enjoyed it so much, but as always keen to move on. Sukhothai is an ancient capital of Thailand, a very small town with very few westerns around, everything seems to close around Read More »
