Kuala Lumpur is our go-to place for Thai tourist visas, and the hub for our favourite airline – AirAsia. Therefore, we spend a few days there quite regularly. And therefore, we have tended to take Kuala Lumpur for granted a…
Arambol, Anjuna Markets and Sweetwater Beach, Goa, India – Day 795-804 (Dec 4-13, 2015)
We thought we’d look around at other parts of Goa, because we had heard that Arambol Beach wasn’t necessarily the best place to be, despite its beauty. Anjuna Markets After a few days of settling in and establishing our routine,…
Ton Kloi, Thailand: Discovering Village Life (Nov 20-23, 2014)
After a leisurely five nights on Koh Phangan, it was time to head back to the mainland to visit our adopted family in the village of Ton Kloi. After the Westernised, tourist-focused Koh Phangan, it was a sudden change to…
Surat Thani, Thailand: Our Third Honeymoon, And Then We Were Four (Nov 10-15, 2014)
Our usual Surat Thani hotel, the Chic Hotel, was booked out for the dates we were planning to be in Surat Thani, so we went upmarket to the CBD Hotel, which has five-star hotel features like porters who carry your…
Ton Kloi, Thailand: Chilling In The Village (Oct 27-Nov 10, 2014)
It is wonderful to feel so much at home in Ton Kloi. We have officially been adopted as “noong” by Habsoh’s first cousin, Pradit, as 68-year-old retiree who worked in the Farmers Bank in Bangkok for twenty-seven years, and has…
Day Trip To Pula, Croatia, September 18, 2014
We had never heard of Pula before Hannah mentioned its name as the nearest large town to Medulin, and the place from which to catch the bus. We had no idea that it had been a significant city in Roman…
Pune and Mumbai, India: Meeting the TMLP (Day 785-797 , Nov 12-24, 2015)
After enjoying a Pune Diwali, we had our last few days of yoga classes at the Iyengar Institute, and our last couple of weeks at the ashram. We will miss Sangita, who has been our Indian mama at the ashram,…
Ten Signs You Have Been Travelling In Asia Too Long
Asia has many attractions for travellers – there are many low-cost destinations, it has a wide cultural and historical variety, and the climate is generally warm. Can you spend too long in Asia? Here are some warning signs that you…