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That’s it, the dream is over. We head back home shortly, back to the daily grind, back to the deadlines, the bills and the stress. But before we go we have one last lap around the steamy old streets of … Continue reading
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One of the best things about traveling is that every now and then you get the opportunity to meet people who are so delicious you just want to wrap them up and take them home. We’ve booked a bicycle riding … Continue reading
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So, Phu Quoc, what can we say, it’s a wash-out and we’ve decided to pack up and get out. We’re going to fly out and up north to the hilltop town of Dalat. It’s a two flight, four hour trip … Continue reading
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As a special birthday treat we climbed aboard a Vietnam Air flight and headed two hours south down to the bottom of Vietnam and off the coast to the little island of Phu Quoc. It’s long been a destination we’d … Continue reading
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For anybody interested in the story of Buddha, he and the Bodhi tree are entwined together in a story that has echoed down through the centuries, both wrapped around each other, forever joined. Not far from Bangkok is the ancient … Continue reading
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After a week or so on Koh Phangan we eagerly caught the ferry further up the gulf of Thailand to the smaller island of Koh Tao. We’d been looking forward to visiting this island, after hearing lots of really good … Continue reading
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She’s Japanese, not that you can tell from looking at her, she’s also small, and, dare we say, cute, she hasn’t been around much, and but for a few little tell tale signs of approaching middle age, pretty hard to … Continue reading
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There’s a small plastic paddle boat slowly making its way from the shore towards us, on board, a wiry little nugget of a man, he’s all muscle, tattoos and happy white toothed smile. We’re sitting, becalmed, in the bay of … Continue reading
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Just up the beach from us on Koh Samui is a small cove, we’ve taken to walking up there every evening, towards dusk, and seeing what’s blown in with the tide, I’m not sure why this little cove attracts so … Continue reading
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A week or so has gone by in the small southern town of Au Nang and it’s seems about right to move on, we’ve boarded a mini bus and headed north-east, across the Thai mainland and on towards the heady … Continue reading
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It’s not very 007 of us, sitting in the back of a minibus, white knuckled and trying to stifle a schoolgirl style squeal as we race across southern Phuket. And race is the correct term here, our driver, picking us … Continue reading
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While in Langkawi we decided on the spur of the moment to head to the well know resort of Bon Ton for lunch. I say resort, for want of a better description, as resort conjures up all kinds of images … Continue reading
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While on a quick visit to the island of Langkawi, about 3 hours ferry ride north of Penang, we decided to head for the hills and catch the cable car ride to the top of Mount Mat Cincang. It turns … Continue reading
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We know it’s not a problem unique to Langkawi, and in fact much of South-East Asia, indeed, much of the world suffers from the same ailment, the detritus of humans, washed up and unloved on the beaches. How much of … Continue reading
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We decide on heading out of town for the day and head for the nearest national park to us. The Bako National Park. Just a short drive from the main center of Kuching. The only way to access the park … Continue reading
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Some days just don’t turn out as you’d planned, one thing we didn’t know about Kuching is that on a Sunday it’s closed for business, we’d had our hopes set on doing a few things only to find the town … Continue reading
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The little house we’ve hired for a month in Penang had a double booking for a few days, and rather than just move into a local hotel in George Town we’ve decided to catch a quick flight over to Sarawak … Continue reading
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We stayed here at the Bon Ton resort on a recent trip across the straits from Penang to the magical island of Langkawi. A small cluster of eight old village huts, lovingly restored by Australian owner Narelle McMurtry, are spaced … Continue reading
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A photo gallery of scenes from our recent trip through the wonderful island of Sri Lanka. We spent a couple of weeks here, drifting around from the capital Columbo up into the hills to Kandy and Nuwara Elyia ( we … Continue reading
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Sitting serenely in the ocean between Bali and Lombok is the little island of Gili Trawangan. For many years a hippy-dippy hangout for backpackers and those on the hippy trail across Asia. Several years of development has pushed the little … Continue reading
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