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 […]
We extended our stay in Nam Tok, Sai Yok Noi for a few of reasons. We loved our Yayei Homestay, we had time up our sleeve and there was more places to explore other than Hellfire Pass. Sai Yok Noi Waterfall in Nam Tok Possibly the most popular destination and what this area is known […]
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 […]
We all Need Green in our Lives Just like a craving for a good wine, occasionally we have a yearning to escape the crazy city scene and just go ‘bush’ or just go green for a day. So the challenge is where in a city of over 9.5 million people do you go to ‘get […]
So you visit Bangkok and you tick off all the tourist highlights which will keep you occupied during your stopover on the way to or from your holiday destination. These will more than likely include ‘The Top 10 Tourist Destinations’ and possibly cost you some serious coin as is the case with most of the popular hotspots. These will include […]
Staying Put in Bangkok Our next house/cat sitting assignment is a 6 week stint in Bangkok. Staying in one place really gives us the chance to experience what it is like living in a community environment in SE Asia. It also gives us a chance to unpack the backpacks and live ‘normal’ for a while. […]
Langkawi the Jewel of Kedah Langkawi is made up of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, only 30km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah which is adjacent to the Thai boarder (in fact the closest Thai islands are only 5kms away). The largest of […]