After an incredible week at Elephant Nature Park and some sad goodbyes at the end, it was time to head south again for island hopping. But first, we had a final couple of days in Chiang Mai followed by a quick stop in Bangkok with a side order of Thailand’s ancient capital, Ayutthaya. We arrived …
If there’s one thing I’m known for among friends, it’s doing stupid things. And taking stupid pictures. And being stupid. So when our friend in Chiang Mai told us about this snap-happy museum, I jumped at the chance to take some silly photos! Is this somewhere you’d like to go?!
A few years ago, a friend of mine spent a week at a great organisation in northern Thailand called Elephant Nature Park, and for the following weeks and months, she continued to shout her praises for the founder and has been back a couple of times since. I knew straight away that I’d love to …
Our Songkran madness continued in northern Thailand, in the city of Chiang Mai, with a HUGE, stinking hangover. The 70 baht cocktails seemed like a great idea at the time, especially drinking them until 3am when we had to be up early for a flight… After spending almost three solid days soaking wet, we miraculously …
As pained as we felt to leave Siem Reap behind, we had one huge reason to get to Bangkok: SONGKRAN! Songkran is Thailand’s crazy new year celebration, and they signify cleansing by pouring water on each other; the water brings you good luck for the next year. It sounds calm and peaceful, but make no …
After an exciting journey back from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh (involving a two lane road turning into five lanes of traffic, because Cambodia) and a night back in the capital, we were headed to the one place everyone heads to in Cambodia: Angkor Wat. Our bus plonked us somewhere “just outside the city” of Siem …
I can’t say Phnom Penh was the destination we were looking forward to the most on our whirlwind trip to Cambodia – but for many reasons, it’s an important place to mark on the map. In fact, it’s one of the most difficult places I’ve ever visited, and not just for the lack of infrastructure …
1. They freaking LOVE karaoke Seriously. Particularly in the north, you see karaoke bars EVERYWHERE. Most Halong Bay cruises seem to have it – all except our one, it seems! Booo. However, word has it that the bars are often dens for all sorts of unlawful activity… 2. There are tiny lizards everywhere. And chickens. …
Our time in Vietnam was very much split into thirds – a week in northern Vietnam, a week in central Vietnam, and now a week in southern Vietnam. From Hoi An, we headed down to Nha Trang for some beach time, before getting back to city life and soaking up Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). …
We reached Central Vietnam, hot and sweaty. The blog introduction you really needed, of course. It’s true though, because we’d arrived on the train from rainy Hanoi and found ourselves landed in the full 35 degrees of our first destination in central Vietnam: Hué. “It’s only 2km to our hotel,” I announced to Ash, leading …
