Some Serious Downtime
We have been travelling for six months now, and we were feeling the need for some downtime. It was perfect timing that the “Kalkan Crowd”, unfortunately minus Bryn and Gail, came out to Thailand for a holiday. Before they came out, we had not spent more than four days in one place; so it was […]
Saying Farewell to Myanmar
We are ending our time in Myanmar with two very distinctively different places. After Lake Inle we travelled south to a town called Hpa-An. While the fifteen hour overnight journey was a bit long, this part of the world was a dream. The journey also highlights the gulf between India and all its Asian neighbours, […]
Enigmatic and Beautiful Myanmar
After Mandalay we moved south to Monywa. This was a chance to visit some wonderful temples and very large Buddha statues. On a very bumpy tuk tuk ride, we visited Thanboddhay Paya, which was interesting for the sheer number of Buddhas on display. Amongst the various corridors were large Buddha statues, but then looking closely […]
Three Countries in Three Days
It sounds a bit mad, and wasn’t actually too hectic, but for logistical reasons we had to travel through Thailand to get from Laos to Myanmar. Before we did this, our last stop in Laos was right up in the north in Luang Nam Tha. We had travelled from the beauty of Luang Prabang to […]
A Country of Contrasts
After the delights of Four Thousand Islands, our next few stops were quite a contrast – both to the islands and to each other. After an overnight stop in Tha Khaek, we arrived in the capital, Vientiane. Being about the size of Bristol, it is quite a small city to be capital; but unlike Bristol […]
An Introduction to Laos
After three weeks in Cambodia, we headed north across the only land border with Laos. The crossing was relatively straightforward, if a little slow; but what happened next was not a great introduction to the country. We saw everyone from our minibus get off and head for two local islands, but we were told to […]
Eastern Cambodia
What a contrast to the rest of Cambodia. The area to the east of the Mekong is a land of indigenous people and jungle. We started at Kampong Cham, which was the gateway to Koh Paen island. This is really how most of Cambodia lived until relatively recently. We cycled down roads which had traditional […]
Northern Cambodia
Our move to the north of Cambodia showed us another, very different side to the country. Our first stop was the lovely town of Battambang. It was on a river and had some lovely shops and cafes along the riverfront. This is the arts centre of the country, and it has plenty of French colonial […]
Islands and Lakes in the Fast Changing Cambodia
Cambodia is a beautiful country with lots of jungle amongst the paddy fields, and apart from Phnom Penh, the population is mostly rural. However, it is also a bit of an enigma as areas go through massive change, whilst others remain as they have been for decades. The next few places we visited in Cambodia […]
Phnom Penh – from Killing Fields to Modern City
We have spent two short spells in Phnom Penh, and both were very different. The first few days were settling into the Khmer (Cambodian) culture, while the second was more for exploring the history of the city and country. After Vietnam it was good to see a different country with different people and way of […]
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