Koh Tao or Ko Tao? I am not sure because it is written as both. I should have asked a local, but didn’t. This is the island famed for cheap diving certification. Once you arrive, you are definitely spoilt for choice with dive centres and I found it really difficult Read more…
I love a circus, but was sceptical about the one in Battambang. Big dance or song shows are often such tourist traps in Asia and I was sure this was going to be the same kind of thing. There’s not that much to do in Battambang though, so we bought Read more…
Getting to Kampot took about three hours from Phnom Penh – although that depends on how long it takes you to get through the capital’s traffic! The bus did it’s usual rest stop, passed through Kep and was soon in Kampot. We got off in a very quiet town. You Read more…
Coming from the countryside of Kasi, we were delighted to be on a local bus, rather than the usual Laos touristy ones. That is until we pulled up at a local market right in line with a stall which had captured some kind of poor racoon which was strung up Read more…
Kratie was full of very Cambodian experiences. We went on a minibus, which is the equivalent of a South American colectivo; people ring the driver en route to be picked up, or they stand on the side of the road and flag it down. It stops constantly to pick up Read more…
We came in to Phnom Penh from Vietnam, and the Vietnam/Cambodia crossing was the easiest border we have had. We saw no officials, no one even compared us to our passports… Instead, the bus driver collected everyone’s visa forms and went off for the stamps while we went to a Read more…
When we arrived in Bukit Lawang I was fighting with my conscience over whether this was a good decision. I desperately wanted to see orangutans and had decided to come here over Borneo since these orangutans were apparently fully wild, whereas Borneo still has feeding centres meaning the orangutans rely Read more…
I need a Hero! Someone to remind me (after a year of travelling and eating out every. single. day!) how to cook. My boyfriend said it wasn’t a case of reminding but learning – cheeky! Either way, it was time for an Indonesian cookery class… enter Hero, the owner and Read more…
Indonesia has been both one of my favourite and least favorite countries to travel in. The stunning scenery, beautiful traditions and hospitality make it a lovely place to holiday in. The unrelenting hawkers, sneaky rip offs and attitude that as we are from an ‘expensive’ country we need to pay Read more…
I’m almost past partying age so we nearly skipped Vang Vieng. In the end we came to kill some time on the way to Kasi. I’m glad we came as I did enjoy the town, but it’s a funny place; it has the feel of an old wild western town, Read more…