Buon Ma Thuot
Buon Ma Thuot isn’t much of a town itself. I came here more for the surroundings. It’s well known for the Dray Nur Waterfalls, and of course beyond that the plentiful paddy fields of Vietnam. I came...
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The Walk I found myself walking 11.5km in the dark with the full load of my bags. Unfortunately I’m not travelling particularly light with my big back pack and the smaller one on my front with the...
View ArticleHue
Hue is a citadel which also has the Imperial Enclosure inside, which has been described as a citadel within a citadel. There are plenty of temples, tombs and palaces along with the emperors residence...
View ArticleBali
Sitting 1,636m up on Mount Batur we had settled in to watch the sunrise. It was worth the 2am start to my day. Just. We sat there as the cold breeze tried to bite through our jackets and enjoyed the...
View ArticleLabuan Bajo
As I floated above the magnificent creature seven metres under the ocean surface, I could make out the scars on its body and even the tip of one side missing from what would have been maybe a 4 metre...
View ArticleKelimutu
I was walking in a curious place, where it only seems to rain under the trees and you can only see 20 metres ahead. Beyond that the trees turn grey and disappear into the fog. I kept walking up,...
View ArticleSurabaya
Surabaya was initially going to be my base to visit Mount Bromo as my first stop in Java. I originally planned to go direct to Malang but unfortunately the flights were booked the day I got back to...
View ArticleYogyakarta
The moment he put his hand on my knee to point something out to me I knew I wouldn’t like the guy. We were on our way to Jomblang Cave and he laid his hand on my knee several more times along the...
View ArticleLake Toba
I was sat outside my room relaxing as I overlooked Lake Toba, a serene lake surrounded by green banks with a few houses dotted around. As I was enjoying the peacefulness of the morning after a rather...
View ArticleBukit Lawang
My accommodation was right on the edge of the national park, just a short walk up hill to the boundary, a view of the forest all behind the place while going to the front overlooked the river that runs...
View ArticleNinh Binh
The Cave It wasn’t long ago that they discovered the largest cave in the world there. It definitely got me interested in visiting until I realised you can only visit that particular cave system under a...
View ArticleHanoi
City It was a dark, dingy hallway, and an even darker dingier staircase I found myself walking through and up. There wasn’t quite the smell of piss you might expect from a similar staircase in a block...
View ArticleYangon
Shwedagon Pagoda I was standing in front of a 99m high golden stupa. The crown is tipped with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies. The diamond bud at the top is tipped with a 76 carat diamond. This was my...
View ArticleKalaw to Inle Lake
We were finally on a boat zooming along Inle Lake, at the end of our three day hike from Kalaw. It would have been more enjoyable sitting down after all that walking if it wasn’t for the seats on our...
View ArticleBagan
Myanmar’s Angkor Wat. During the height of the Pagan Kingdom around the 11th to 13thC over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were built around Bagan. Now, as I walk, and cycle, around...
View ArticleMandalay
Mandalay is a very disappointing city after having my first stop in Yangon. Even more so after a stop off in Bagan. Yangon was not the best city you’ll ever visit, but it has some nice charms to it and...
View ArticleHsipaw
It was finally time to get away from the miserable, dusty city and get back out to nature. I thought I’d check out a waterfall near the town and took a short day hike to Hsipaw Falls, otherwise known...
View ArticlePyin Oo Lwin
Garden So many beautiful flowers to walk by, including an orchid garden. National Kandawgyi Gardens is the main attraction in Pyin Oo Lwin. There’s a large lake, rock garden, swamp, orchard garden,...
View ArticleCox’s Bazar
The Beach Standing on the longest sea beach in the world, it was almost ethereal. The clouds reflected perfectly off some parts of the backwash to look like I was walking on clouds. Or running, as I...
View ArticleDhaka
Streets Ah Dhaka, the place to come in Bangladesh to really get a feel for just how busy and chaotic it can get. The streets are on the go non-stop, crowded with people, cars, tuk-tuks, animals etc. It...
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