Cambodia was one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever been to but it also has a dark secrets. I initially wanted to go because of the vast, sprawling temple complexes of Angkor Watt, and...
Cambodia was one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever been to but it also has a dark secrets. I initially wanted to go because of the vast, sprawling temple complexes of Angkor Watt, and...
The one thing that is standing between explorers and the rest of the world is money. There are so many blogs out there about how you can start your own business or become a freelancer but let’s face...
This is a continuation of my last blog on Japan which you can read here: On July 13th, I arrived back into Tokyo and eventually found my way to the Yawp backpackers hostel I was looking for. The...
The final days of my backpacking adventure were spent in Singapore. Singapore is a very modern and relatively clean city, with a few interesting tourist attractions but nothing particularly...
In 2017, plans were drawn up to introduce Cambodia’s first floating markets. I was surprised when I read about that news. Because when I went on those river excursions in Siem Reap in 2016, I saw...
My mum warned me about this. She told me that backpacking alone across Asia was dangerous and that death was on the horizon. Well, my mum was always prone to hysterics, so I ignored that and...
I hated Vietnam when I first arrived. That’s not what I’m supposed to say is it? In fairness, my repulsion probably had little to do with the country itself. I think it had more to do...
Sharing beds with random people was not something I imagined I’d be doing in Vietnam. But as soon as I stepped into that house in the middle of the night, where everyone was sitting in the dark...
Spending a night on Everest was one of the most memorable nights in my life. It was also one of the coldest. When I first dreamed of travelling at the tender age of 12, I never imagined that...