Today, 'through my lens', I'm taking you back to my visit to Bhola Island on a university trip centred on development to Bangladesh, in 2002.
Category: Asia
My Favourite Cities in … South East Asia
South East Asia is a big place, it’s densely populated and there are so many different people and different languages. It’s generally pretty hot most of the time, with only a few places in the north ever really cooling down substantially (such as Hanoi, which had maximums of around 15 degrees when I was there!) …
Bangkok – Through My Lens
Howdy all. Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. I've been through it I think four times thus far in my life. On my first trip solo, it was my first stop and it certainly left an impression on me even if I didn't spend much time there. In fact, I have never really spent a long …
My Favourite Cities in North and Central Asia
Yes, the world turns and in line with the other posts I’ve been making, it’s time for me to reveal my favourite cities in North and Central Asia, from Turkmenistan across to Japan. One things for sure, this week there is a large variation in the cities, they are all very different and representative of …
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I Went to Pakistan… So You Don’t Have To!
In fact right now you pretty much can’t travel anywhere. Which is the point of these posts. But it’s time to look, virtually, at Pakistan because actually it’s a real surprise packet of a country that perhaps travellers will start to return to when restrictions are lifted. In the last fifteen years it has not …
Where I Should Be Right Now
Yes folks, it’s time for me to talk about my trip to the Philippines that never was. As this post goes out it’s Sunday the 10th of May and I had about a day before I headed back to Melbourne from Coron Town on Busuanga Island, Palawan in the Philippines after eleven days there snorkelling …
From Around the Web – Flying into Bhutan
Hi all. An occasional post I'm planning on bringing you - little bits and bobs from around the web which I found interesting. Today, Youtuber Sam Chui's video flying into Paro, Bhutan. It's an amazing approach around the through the mountains. My jaw dropped to the ground when I watched this, so please do, and …
A Visit to Singapore’s Gardens By the Bay
Gardens by the Bay is a relatively new attraction in Singapore, a somewhat ‘modern’ take you might say in gardening and design, they were opened in 2012 and in 2018 they received some 50 million visitors. For something I hadn’t even heard of a couple of years ago, that’s quite an achievement, 50 million = …
Nuts N Bolts Guide to… Thailand
Thailand. It was my first experience travelling solo. It’s a pretty popular country in South East Asia for tourists and especially backpackers and has been for a good thirty years or more now. I think it’s a completely different place to visit too nowadays to what I experienced back in 1999 when I got off …
Nuts N’Bolts Guide to … Japan!
If you’re heading to Japan, and why not? – it’s undoubtedly a brilliant destination and right now EVERYONE is going there, here’s a qu8ck guide to get you prepared. First of all – it’s pretty hard NOT to have a good time in Japan. There is so much to see and do and the people …
