I am writing this from the best internet cafe I have been in; this may seem an insignificant and boring detail but when you are travelling without a laptop and trying to write about it, these things matter. From my experience in Asia so far, internet cafes tend to be noisy, smelly places, filled with […]

Wow I’m kind of behind right now. I’m blaming below par internet connections, and nothing to do with procrastination or laziness…..Also I cant work out how to move the pictures so they’re all at the bottom so please still read it! 🙂 So from the party central of Nha Trang I journeyed South to Ho […]

Monday 11th October Today I experienced the darker side of Phnom Penh and Cambodia’s history at the the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek and the Tuol Sleng Prison. It was a harrowing experience and as I walked back into central Phnom Penh my thoughts were completely occupied by what I had seen and the atrocities […]

I was very sad to be leaving Laos behind but I focused my mind on the imminent border crossing and what would happen at the other end. My Lonely Planet recommended ‘not using the far South Laos – Vietnam crossings unless there is no other choice as you will most likely be met with costly […]

After spending a few days being ill in Vientiane and generally recovering and chilling out, I took a sleeper bus South to Si Phan Don in Laos, meaning 4000 islands. The sleeper bus was amazing, there are no seats, just beds in little compartments with a curtain separating you. It is by far the most […]

I am writing this from the visitor centre of an organisation called COPE in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. I have spent the last few hours exploring the centre and learning about COPE, UXO (unexploded ordnance) and the Secret War on Laos.  Before I planned my trip, I had never even heard of Laos, let […]