Everyone thinks travelling is great. The reality is real travel is not always great. The majority of people work all year and just want to escape the daily grind. So when they do, a day or two battling with other tourists, sweating from every pore, getting ripped off or any other not so positive experience […]
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Returning to Malaysian Islands
As we approached the bridge from the mainland, heading to Penang (after crossing the border from Thailand to Malaysia), the sky seemed somewhat polluted and hazy… Was this the same haze that had hit Singapore, from Indonesia a few days ago? Hotel reception soon confirmed our suspicions but assured us the API (air pollution index) […]
South of the beaten track, Thailand
Having fully embraced most of the well trodden backpacker locations throughout Thailand, over approximately 6 weeks, I wanted to explore the lesser visited areas and specifically the deep South. However, recent reports of almost daily bombings in Yala and warnings on the FCO website not to go there wasn’t encouraging. So rather than dismiss the […]
Thai East coast: Islands with variety
After almost a week in Bangkok taking in the sights that I’ve not seen on my previous two visits there, I’ve since been enjoying the stifling weather on the various islands in the South East of the Gulf of Thailand. Check out my thoughts on the capital – same same but not quite like this. […]
UXO in Lao and a worthwhile cause
Well, the good news is that my bag eventually made it back from Brunei to Hanoi and I wasn’t left behind by the group. I am now well on my way into Lao country and have already spent time in the capital Vientiane as well as a couple of days in the backpacker town of […]
Fingers crossed!
It’s always lovely to finally locate some wifi and find a barrage of emails and messages from people. I can only hope that this recent interest doesn’t dissipate too quickly. Thank you ;). Apologies that I don’t have a Travelpod update for you today, as although I took a short trip into KL city centre […]