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 …
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 = …
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 …
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 …
It seems in Myanmar they like to change the names of places. From Burma to Myanmar (As JP Peterson once said, you may call it ‘Myanmar’ but to me it will always be ‘Burma’) and Rangoon to Yangon. And then, of course, they moved the capital completely to a place called Naypyidaw. Oh, the flag …
The trains of the Maeklong Railway in Thailand, not too far from Bangkok, go through this market area. Tourists flock there to see it because the market is fuly set up across the train lines. When the train is nearly due, they put down their awnings and make way for the train, which has precious …
Continue reading Foto Friday – Maeklong Railway Market, Thailand
The Chinese capital of Beijing is a pretty big city all told – over 21 million people. Recently the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square was commemorated. I saw a fascinating program on television where they interviewed those involved in the mass protests and it included a lot of footage actually shot at the time (not …
Happy Friday wherever you may be! May the Journey Never End!
Southern China is filled with many splendours, not least of which is Yangshuo and the area around it which is green, lush, with amazing mountains like Rio – seemingly out of solid rock, and the gorgeous Li River, so beautiful people get their wedding photos taken by it and they put it on the 20 …
South-East Asia is a non-stop smorgasbord of interesting, fun, exciting places for the traveller. Thailand is the prime hub I guess in many ways, with beaches, trekking, the nights and lights of Bangkok and more, Malaysia offers all that but in smaller doses with a fair dose of colonial history and architecture if that’s your …
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 