Let me start this blog by saying we were supposed to be on Koh Tao for 6 days… we stayed for 15. Once you start…
The Crumbling City of Yangon
Yangon is the hub of Myanmar, the largest city in the country and a city full of character. It also happened to be the final…
Myanmar: Mandalay, Bagan and Inle Lake
Arriving in Myanmar meant that we had officially reached the final leg of our monster journey across Asia. A country less travelled than its neighbouring…
What To Do In A Wet And Foggy North Vietnam
Vietnam is essentially a long, thin strip on land on the eastern edge of South East Asia. The long shape of the country means that…
Phong Nha: The Worlds Largest Caves
Phong Nha in Central Vietnam has been put on the global map only very recently. Son Doong cave is the largest cave in the world…
A Warm Welcome to Vietnam
It’s fair to say we were left slightly underwhelmed after a month in Cambodia. Yet we remained positive that Vietnam would bring us a new…
Thoughts on Cambodia
At home I had dreamt of Cambodia and what it would be like. I had read that it is still a very poor country. I…
Biking The Bolaven Plateau
There are generally 2 routes backpackers take when travelling through Laos. The first is to stay in the Northern part of the country, crossing the…
Let’s Skip to Vang Vieng
As I hope you have already read, we started our Laos trip by taking part in the Gibbon Experience which left us on a massive…
The Gibbon Experience: Sleeping in the Treetops
I had been dreaming of the day we went to the Gibbon Experience for months and months. It is a child’s dream come true and…