Cooling down in Kathmandu
Ah, Kathmandu. Krazy Town. Love it. Circling the Kathmandu Valley waiting for a landing slot, our view was of hills higher than any we had seen on the trip so More… →
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Back to Kuala Lumpur
En route to Surat Thani It was dark by the time we pulled in to Surat Thani – exactly what we’d been hoping to avoid. Arriving anywhere new at night More… →
Holed up in Hua Hin
Hua Hin station Hua Hin station is a little red and white wooden toytown affair (an old royal pavillion transported from elsewhere and rebuilt) but in my sleep deprived state More… →
Penang
There are actually two road bridges linking the island of Penang with the mainland, but we had been advised by the bus company that if our destination was George Town, More… →
In and out of Kuala Lumpur
Eventually we had to tear ourselves away from Nusa Lembongan – Tao’s House was already fully booked for 27th May so rather than find somewhere else on Lembongan we returned More… →
Lembongan Daze
Ahh, Lembongan. Bali as it might have been 30 years ago, but with wifi. Our trip to Nusa Lembongan by fast boat took about 30 minutes. We’d chosen this over More… →
Bali Hai?
Bali – the word conjures up images of white sand and turquoise water. Volcanoes and rice terraces. Tropical flowers and palm trees. Or it did for me. The reality is More… →
Yogyakarta
The flight from Singapore took less than two hours, but even from the air Java looked like a very different kind of place, its distinctively volcanic mountains and rice terraces More… →
A Week in Singapore
The Tiger Airways flight that caried us from Chennai to Singapore was less than half full, so as soon as the door closed we each grabbed a row of three More… →
Language barriers
Watching a young Italian couple struggling to decipher a menu, it occurred to me that being British is a distinct advantage when it comes to travelling through India. For a More… →