December 2016 I’m making my way to Bangkok from Sihanoukville, Cambodia. It’s been a long journey, with the bus driving in a complete circle around the country, passing through its capital at midnight before heading North to Siem Reap and back down again. As the bus shudders to a halt at the Poi Pet border, …
Pollution in Cambodia: The Murky Truth, and Possible Solution Read More »
Last updated: 22 June 2020. Unfortunately, Purrfect Cat Cafe Penang is now permanently closed, which I found out when I came to update this post. There are several dog cafes in Penang which you can go to, and I also definitely recommend a visit to the Penang Snake Temple if you are in Penang and …
With 2015 having been left behind and a whole new Asian adventure beginning in just 2 weeks, I thought it a good time to do a round-up of my best travel moments of 2015. Although I’d travelled a little before, 2015 was the first year that I properly began my life as a traveller. I …
Visiting The Killing Fields and S21 Prison were the two things I knew I had to do when I visited Cambodia. Situated in the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, The Killing Fields (or the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre, to give them their proper name) and S21 Prison (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum) are most people’s first …
Dark Tourism Cambodia: The Killing Fields & S21 Prison Read More »
Reading the blogs of people who have spent time in Marrakech is fascinating, and I would have been lost had I not done my research before visiting the city, but something that I have noticed is that a lot of the writing out there doesn’t really get to the point. People wax lyrical about having to …
The Dark Side of Marrakech – Musings From a Month in Marrakech Read More »
‘How can you afford to travel?’ This is a question that I get asked all the time by people wondering how to afford travel, and it continues to baffle me that people still haven’t figured out the answer yet! It’s almost as if people think that I have a massive trust fund behind me, or …
