Google ‘sleeper bus Vietnam‘. I guarantee you will not feel particularly inspired to try this form of transportation which has been described as “It’s sort of how I would imagine taking off in a rocket ship to mars would feel like non stop for 12 hours” or similar by the numerous blog posts and articles. […]
Para-sailing, banana-boating, island-hopping
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RIGHT? You can’t just skip the last Malaysia entry even if it is over two months late. So, I told about our Langkawi roadtrip two entries ago. After you redo that road trip on your own holiday, here are other things you must do if you find yourself on this stunning Malaysian […]
The Bus to Vung Tau
My friend Jess wanted to go to the beach while visiting me, and I had never been to a beach in Vietnam despite being only (“only?”) two hours from it, so on our free day we decided to go to Vung Tau. “Seaside status makes Vung Tau a nearby paradise for Saigonners. However, for well-travelled […]
Roadtrippin’ Langkawi
Langkawi is an archipelago of 104 islands right at the north of Malaysia, near the Thai border. (I only now found out it is officially 104 and not one island, but we spent most of the time on the mainlandy island.) It means island of the reddish-brown eagle and it was traditionally thought to be […]
KL monkeys and KL towers
SALUTATIONS MY LOVELIES, So, Kuala Lumpur, or as DA LOCALS say, KL, was definitely an amazing city and a very cool experience. But so what must one do? Well, if one has only two days, as we did, I will tell you… Visit the Batu Caves. A quick twenty-minute train ride from our local […]
The travel “queues” of Malaysia
Selamat Datang! Two weeks ago it was the famous TET, ie. Lunar New Year (ie. Chinese New Year, but it is celebrated in many South-East Asian countries so…), meaning a week off work. Me and my Portuguese friend Patricia decided to go to Malaysia. Why Malaysia? Why not Malaysia. It has twin towers, beaches, […]
The Elephants of Ayuthaya
I had wanted to leave Bangkok, and a place called Ayuthaya an hour away sounded promising – the ancient capital which housed thirty-three kings in the Middle Ages, ruined by the Burmese. It was a town with ruins of old temples spread about – sounded exciting and historically enlightening! I went there with fellow-hosteller Dan […]
The last bus of Lopburi
So, them Thailand day trips. On the Saturday Gemma and I daytripped to Lopburi, a town two hours away by minibus. Lopburi is famous for its monkey temple and sunflower fields, that was all I knew in advance. We got a vehicle reminiscent of a large tuk-tuk from the bus station to the temple (after […]
Top 10 of Bangkok
One week in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster… I can feel an angel sliding next to me!! In all fairness, I did sometimes feel like an angel, the guardian version, whilst walking down Soi Cowboy with any of my guy friends. The, krhm, bar girls rarely harass guys who have a girl with them… Well, usually […]
Motorbiking it to Saigon – Attempt 1
Well, three months ago I didn’t even dream of owning a motorbike. Two months ago I considered the idea crazy. A month ago I thought the idea quite likely, but one thing I definitely would not do for a while is the crazy trip nick-named the ‘death ride’ or something like that by one of my […]