So Where is Busan? With over 3.6 million people, Busan is South Korea’s second largest city and has the largest seaport. It was formerly known as Pusan but had a name change to Busan in 2000. People visit Busan to seek a more laid-back atmosphere than the capital city of Seoul. It is located at […]
Where is Jeju Island? Jeju Island is the largest island off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. It is a popular holiday destination for locals and foreign tourists. A sizable portion of the economy relies on tourism and economic activity from its civil and naval base. Jeju is a volcanic island dominated by Hallasan, a […]
Beijing to Xi’an We were leaving Beijing to travel to Xi’an which is the home to the Terracotta Warriors. This is certainly up there with The Great Wall when it comes to ticking off another ‘must do’ during our travels. Xi’an is one of the oldest cities in China and was the starting point of […]
Relaxed Riverside Town of Kampot Kampot as a destination caught our attention when looking for our next place to visit. Kampot’s main attraction is its relaxing riverside setting. Their economy is based on salt and pepper production, fishing and fruit growing (particularly Durian). They even have a Durian monument sitting loud and proud in the […]
Revisiting Hue – The Old Ancient Capital As this was our second visit to Hue, we wanted to spend a couple of nights to either revisit or capture some of the city we missed the first time around. Now there is so much more to see than what we visited so do your research to […]
Our Journey to the DMZ To get to the DMZ, we needed to travel from Ninh Binh to central Vietnam. The best way to do this was by overnight sleeper train. This was from Ninh Binh to the small town of Dong Ha. Overnight Sleeper Train We have travelled a few times by overnight train. […]
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 […]