In the small Cambodian town of Skuon these creepy crawlies are a common snack, and any tourist sitting at a cafe may get a nasty fright when they first see the large plates of deep fried spiders being carried around, and being purchased by people feeling particularly peckish.
The small town is a mere 75 kilometers [...]
If you are drinking in Hanoi, Vietnam, it is all about the Bia Hoy!! Bia Hoi is Vietnam’s very own draught beer and best of all it recognised amongst the cheapest beers in the World!
We were in Hanoi at the time of a friend’s birthday and so dressed in some traditional clothing and decided to [...]
Walking the streets of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, one can expect to be hassled and offered all manner of things. ”You want tuk-tuk? motorbike? drugs? ladies?”. All of which, hardened by already having spent two months in Southeast Asia, I brushed off with relative ease. Then I was completely taken back by the [...]
We had great fun sampling the taste of snake and the cheapest draught beer in the world, the famous Bia Hoi. We also enjoyed wandering the Old Quarter and seeing all the sights, but after nearly two weeks off the bicycles we were eager to get back onto the roads!
Hanoi’s traffic is famous for [...]
4000km, 71 days, 23 punctures, 5 countries, 4 accidental dismounts, 3 hospital visits, 2 trips to local welders, 1 night sleeping on a birthing table and we finally rolled into Siem Reap, Cambodia.
We set off from Kuala Lumpur on 23rd March, just three days after landing in Singapore without so much as an address to [...]
A trip traveling any Asian countries would not be complete without paying a visit to one or more of the fantastic temples, pagodas and other religious monuments that they contain. I have recently traveled Southeast Asia and marveled at The Batu Caves in Malaysia and some of the countries Buddhist monasteries. I have also wandered [...]
We arrived in Vang Vieng after three days of intensive cycling through the mountains, so we were keen to have some fun relaxing in the tourist hot spot. It was a tiny village consisting of bars, restaurants and guesthouses. All the bars played Friends episodes and sitting at any one of the restaurants, you could hear [...]
Many travellers doing Southeast asia tours are travelling through Laos and then heading to Vientam from there. The most popular method being via bus to Hanoi. This requires being issued with a Vietnam visa from the Vientam Embassy in Vientiane. The following points are useful information regarding the visas:
Tourist Visas are valid for 30 days, [...]
Many travellers are visiting the small town of Vang Vieng to frequent in the popular activity of tubing down the Nam Song river. Travellers ejoy floating down the river in tractor wheel inner tubes, getting drunk moving from bar to bar. There are about six bars and each bar has its own rope swing that [...]
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