Hanoi to Tam Coc It was time to make our way to our next destination, travelling south from Hanoi to Tam Coc in the Ninh Binh district. This is about a 3 hour direct drive (well as direct as you can get in Vietnam) south of Hanoi. There are a couple of options to get […]
Tangkahan to Lake Toba It was time to leave Tangkahan for the trip south to Lake Toba. We knew what we were in for thanks to our trip in. However, we also were aware of how much rain we had the night before. This we figured, might have some bearing on the condition of the […]
Which is it – Melaka or Malacca This confused me even before I got to Melaka. Which one is the correct spelling and why was I seeing it spelt differently. It’s actually fairly straight forward. Melaka is the Malay spelling and Malacca is the English spelling. The State of Melaka announced earlier this year that […]
The Cameron Highlands has always been on our list as a place to visit. Ipoh to Cameron Highlands To get from Ipoh to the Cameron Highlands, we needed to catch a bus from Ipoh’s main bus terminal – Aman Jaya. Our research told us that the weekends were a particularly crazy time in the Camerons. […]
Ipoh – Certainly a Destination You can be excused if you haven’t heard of Ipoh (pronounced e-pou). When researching how we best get to Cameron Highlands, Ipoh came up as a place to disembark the train from the border crossing at Pedang Besar. It was approximately 2.5hr train trip from the Thai/Malay border and it […]
Our stay at Kanchanaburi had come to an end. Now it was time to get to Malaysia before our 2 month Tourist Visa ran out. It’s fair to say that we love train travel. It’s relaxing, relatively easy and also very cheap in SE Asia. Kanchanaburi to Bangkok First leg of our journey was the […]
Sangkhlaburi to Kanchanaburi It was back to the bus depot (a muddy yard) to catch the local bus back towards Kanchanaburi. This was going to an even longer bus ride (approximately 5.5hrs) as Kanchanaburi is further along the route than where we originally set off from at Nam Tok. Just when I thought we had […]
Nam Tok After our 5 hour train trip from Bangkok to Nam Tok, (see previous blog) we soon settled into our amazing Home Stay. Nam Tok (also known as Sai Yok Noi because of the waterfall in the town) is where the current Death Railway finishes. It is also the closest township to Hell Fire […]
Goodbye Bangkok Our House/Cat sit assignment in Bangkok has come to an end. It was just shy of 6 weeks looking after a couple of tabby’s Susie and Simba. There are so many advantages of staying put in one place when you are long term travelling. It means free accommodation in lieu of caring for […]
Historic City of Ayutthaya Dating back as far as 1351, the historic city of Ayutthaya was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. Situated approximately 80km north of Bangkok, Ayutthaya was strategically built on an island 4km wide and surrounded by 3 rivers connecting the city to the sea. In its heyday it was endowed […]