Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I stepped out onto the balcony of our bungalow. A channel of the Mekong River flowed lazily by before me under a beautiful blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds. There was hardly another sound besides the calm sound of the water, and as I looked around I suddenly [...]
Today's travel photo is of the local handicraft market in Luang Prabang, Laos. The market stall owners set up their market each evening along the main road in the old town of Luang Prabang, located between Phou Si and the Royal Palace. Most of the products on offer are handicrafts, art, clothes and other knickknacks [...]
Today's travel photo is a street scene in Little India, right in the heart of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. When we were wandering around George Town we knew exactly when we had entered Little India. All of a sudden there were the sounds of loud Indian music, the beautiful fragrance of Indian spices and [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
