I can't describe how truly huge the ancient city of Angkor Thom is in Cambodia. Its grand scale actual dwarfs the land size of Angkor Wat, and if you've visited that impressive temple, you'll know that it's not a small area - it takes a fair while just to walk to Angkor Wat from the [...]
Today's travel photo is of the Southern Ocean just after sunset from Johanna Beach on the Great Ocean Road, Australia. Johanna Beach is a popular spot on the Great Ocean Road as the camping area is free. It's also the only place that allows dogs in the National Park that covers the Great Ocean Road area, so it was a great [...]
Today's travel photo is a close up of some bunches of incense sticks drying in the sun in a small village near Hue, Vietnam. One thing I learnt a long time ago from travelling in Asia is that if you take a tour somewhere, there is almost always some "bonus stops" along the way. When [...]
It was another travel day. A lot of people hate them, I love them. It is the act of travel itself that excites me. Moving into the unknown to discover a new place, meeting new people and not knowing what adventures lay ahead of me. It’s even more exciting when that travel day takes me [...]
Today's travel photo is of a lovely view of the Chianti countryside in Tuscany, Italy. This is an old photo taken during our trip to Italy several years ago, but it's nice to go back through those old photos that bring back some great memories. Chianti is a hilly part of Tuscany that is famous [...]
I looked out over the fast flowing muddy waters of the Mekong River as our boat made its way to the riverbank, its engine fighting against the strong current. It was a small wooden boat with a blue canopy for shade, capable of seating four passengers, but my wife and I would be the only [...]
Today's travel photo is of a wooden boat making its way towards Rama VIII Bridge on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. I took this photo while on the ferry that makes its way up and down the river highway that is the Chao Phraya River. I was just about to hop off the [...]
Today's travel photo is of a beautiful orange sunset over the sand flats at Parham, South Australia. The small coastal village of Parham is located just north of Adelaide, but it feels like a world away. When the tide is out you can walk for what seems like miles out onto the sand flats, which [...]
Today's travel photo is of some roadside stalls in the countryside near Siem Reap, Cambodia. I took this photo from our tuk tuk as we made our way towards Banteay Srei. These two ladies had set up shop right on the side of the road, one selling watermelons and the other selling bananas and some [...]
A lot of people don't think much of Hanoi. Vietnam's bustling capital tends to get overshadowed by the liveliness and ever pulsing metropolis of Saigon, the historic sites of Hoi An and Hue, and the unbelievable natural beauty of places like Halong Bay and Sapa. For some reason, many people use Hanoi simply as a [...]
