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A Taste of the Expat Life in Penang, Malaysia
The housekeeper walks in, takes one quick glance at the living room, declares the whole apartment ‘sparkly clean’ and proceeds to unpack two bags full of groceries. Apparently, we’re cooking curry today…and who’d dare argue with that? Sanra is not … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure travel, curiosity, discovery, dogsitting, Expat, explore, Housesitting, journey, long-term travel, Malaysia, motorbike trip, overlanding, Penang, Pug, Travel, travel guide, travel writing, world trip
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Travel Etiquette: How NOT to Make Enemies and Offend People When Travelling
Contrary to what you may think, I’m not immune to the odd travel faux pas here and there, despite my many years of practice. My bouts of foot-in-mouth disease may have decreased in the last few years yet try as … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure travel, appreciation, curiosity, discovery, explore, journey, long-term travel, struggles, Travel, Travel etiquette, travel guide, world trip
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Hipmunk City Love: How to Survive a Visit to Bangkok’s Grand Palace
The Grand Palace is, to Bangkok, what the Colosseum is to Rome: the epitome symbol of its ancient civilization. A visit is an absolute must, although it could be chaotic, tiring and quite overwhelming, Crowds here are phenomenal, especially in … Continue reading
Hipmunk City Love: Top 3 Culinary Secrets of Siem Reap, Cambodia
Siem Reap is the undisputed tourist-queen of Cambodia and home to the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park, once the heart and soul of the ancient Khmer Empire. You would expect that such a popular, special place would be brimming with amazing … Continue reading
Overlanding in Low Season?! You bet!
We’re currently travelling through Southeast Asia at a time of year when many fellow travellers are keeping well away. The weather is crap, the heat unbearable and humidity stifling. As most overlanders know, the trick to keeping up this luxurious … Continue reading
Thailand: Land of Smiles and Friendliness. You sure about that?
25th June: Krabi “Would you like a coffee?” The custom officer politely asks as he takes the papers from our hands. “Coffee??!!” Chris and I answer in unison, with what can only appear, to an outsider, as utterly idiotic expressions. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure travel, Bangkok, BMW F650, curiosity, discovery, Hua Hin, Ko Lanta, Krabi, long-term travel, overlanding, overlanding China, racism, struggles, Thailand, Travel, world trip, xenophobia
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OVERLANDING CHINA: SELF-DRIVE AND WITHOUT A GUIDE…IT’S NOW POSSIBLE!
EDIT March 2015: please refer to the latest blog post about agencies helping overlanders cross through China unguided, after reading this! After our unforgettable and blissfully unguided self-drive traverse of China (and countless requests for more details from fellow travellers) … Continue reading
Crossing China’s Xinjiang province: Our Most Unorthodox Beginning
Crossing into China’s westernmost province, from Kyrgyzstan, was never going to be a simple affair. Due to ongoing ethnic tensions there, and recent surge in sporadic violence between government forces and the Uighur Muslim minority, regulations state that foreigners driving … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure travel, appreciation, BMW F650, China, curiosity, discovery, explore, long-term travel, motorbike trip, overlanding, Travel, world trip, Xinjiang
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Kyrgyzstan: Where Central Asia Revealed Her Soul
Kyrgyzstan is a land of unexpected surprises. One certainly wouldn’t know it by just looking at it on a map or by basing one’s assumptions on visits to any of the other Stans in Central Asia. Everything from the culture, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure travel, appreciation, Bishkek, Central Asia, curiosity, discovery, emotional drawback, explore, Issyk Kul, journey, Kyrgyzstan, long-term travel, motorbike trip, Osh, Overland, Son Kul, Travel, world trip
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‘Things I Would Tell My 20 Year Old Self’ (but question is…would she listen?)
Here I am, back online. I know I’ve been rather quiet on the writing front these last two months but let me assure you that all is as fine as can be. Chris and I have taken a hiatus from the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure travel, appreciation, birthdays, emotional struggles, journey, life advice, overlanding, Travel, world trip
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