After a fantastic, albeit not particularly vegan friendly time in Thailand we crossed into Malaysia. The first stop on our trip was the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town in Penang. For some reason we both had high hopes for this destination and, as we found out, that turned out to be justified. Having […]
After the relative calm of Siem Reap we entered the comparative hurly burly of Bangkok. We got a taxi from the airport to the city centre which took around an hour in heavy traffic. Our accommodation was the Centra Central Station Hotel. The hotel itself was lovely and had great views of the city, although […]
I write this blog entry from the infamous pub street in Siem Reap – watching the mix of tourists wander by looking for a cheap beer or souvenir, and the locals passing on their tuk tuks, hoping for a fare. I am actually drinking a $0.50 Angkor beer alone in the V Design Restaurant as […]
As our belated honeymoon, we decided to travel around south east Asia. The first stop on this trip was Vietnam’s most populated city – Ho Chi Minh – or as the locals continue to call it, Saigon. After a long flight via Doha, we landed in Saigon and wearily booked a taxi to our hotel. […]