eat, drink, travel, repeat
Bangkok is one of my favourite cities and a great place to shop. Here are my 5 Top Bangkok Shopping Spots for hunting and gathering. Pack light and go nuts. Top Bangkok Shopping Spots 1) Chatuchack Weekend Market Be warned- this is one mother of a market. It’s home to over 15,000 stalls and spread out across […]
Despite a love affair with Bangkok, we have decided to live in Cambodia – Asha has got a good job, we have found a great apartment and we really love Phnom Penh. We needed to do a Visa run – leaving Cambodia so that we could re-enter with business/NGO visas. What better excuse to spend […]
After six months, 6 countries, 540 meals (a very conservative estimate) and a number of mad dashes for the loo, its time to talk about the best food in South-East Asia. The best part of travelling is eating. I mean it. We may not set off with this as the reason for our travels, but […]
After returning our (well used) bicycles in Chiang Mai, Ryan, Cale and I set off to Chiang Rai on the bus. I’m not one for bus travel but these buses were pimpin’. Only 3 seats across, the large “leather” recliner seats had plenty of leg room and a tray table. The bus had a hostess […]
After a hot tip from our favourite vegan at the Pro Bono Australia office (we miss you Spirit Eagle!) we set off from Chiang Mai on the hunt for a secret oasis in the hills by the name of Pai (as in apple). Pai is somewhat of a secret amongst travellers (although I use the […]
The eating habits of Thai people are very different from what we are used to. Here, people eat 6 or 7 times a day – eating a lot of small meals, instead of the 3 food-loading sessions a day. That’s why food can be found on just about every street. There are even food outlets […]
Asha and I have spent the last 15 days in Northern Thailand, mostly in Chiang Mai, about 700 km’s north of Bangkok. The town sits amongst Thailand’s tallest mountains – although we didnt realise this for the first few days, as the dry summer smoke-filled haze made them impossible to see. We spent most of […]
[portfolio_slideshow slideheight=300] After reading mixed reports about the Chiang Mai zoo, we were unsure what to expect – but the entrance fee of 100 baht ($3.30) drew us in. We were so glad that we went. We got to feed hippos, elephants, giraffes and even jaguars and cheetahs (a hunk of meat on the end […]
After easily hopping on and off boats, bikes, utes and vans down the coast, and witnessing the prowess of Bangkok’s public transport systems firsthand, we were keen to add to our transport repertoire and test out what else was on offer. Next an old favourite – the sleeper train! To venture north to Chiang Mai […]
No, seriously. 711’s are everywhere in Thailand, and you can barely walk a block in the capital without bumping into one. And they sell everything!!! Beer, spirits, hot dogs and burgers, a baffling array of yakult and so many random asians snack you will freak out – all of life’s necessities in one fluorescently lit […]
In our own personal homage to TV’s Tom Haverford, Asha and I set out on our very on ‘Treat Yo Self’ Day, Bangkok style. Breakfast a posh french creperie, a couple of hours spent at a luxurious spa getting massages, cocktails on the roof of one of Bangkok’s tallest buildings and dinner at a Japanese […]
For a long time now, Khao San road has been the backpacker hangout in Bangkok – a short street packed with bars, massage parlours and street vendors, where you can buy a fake driver license, get a tattoo, and have a massage while drinking cocktails of rum and red bull from buckets (really, buckets). We […]