My final day in Manila was super crazy, taking every form of transport imaginable including the MRT, LRT, tricycle and JEEPNEY!! In this vlog I visit a Shoe Museum displaying a collection of over 1000 shoes including a large collection of Imelda Marcos's shoes. The Chinese Cemetery was genuinely creepy, with some of the largest …
Category: South East Asia
Historic Hotel in Manila – the 1898!
Howdy all. Time for another 'five-minute review' - ok this one is eight minutes, reviewing a hotel in Manila in the Makati area commonly known as 'The 1898'. Despite being in a bit of a questionable are of the city, this was a great stay with a full breakfast. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/lpLJTt6xW_E Thanks for popping by! …
Manila’s Grand Fort Santiago!
Finally folks I can share my vlogs from the Philippines with you. Later this year I'll go into written detail on the blog, but for now you can see what I got up to in the Philippine Archipelago by watching my pretty comprehensive vlogs - I really do need to learn to put down the …
Lazing About on Langkawi
Howdy all. This post will appear on your feeds after I am back (touchwood) from my three week break to South-East Asia, a brief trip to Philippines, Singapore (ever so briefly) and Langkawi, Malaysia. And so this post I’ll be giving a short summation of our time on Langkawi, a largish island off the north-west …
Snorkelling and Sun in El Nido, Palawan, The Philippines!
Howdy all! A quick post with lots of lovely photos for you all. I am writing this post in a hotel at Manila International Airport, I've spent the last week in El Nido, on the Philippine island of Palawan. During my stay I took two tours - on boats to islands - there are four …
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$100 and 48 Hours in Kuala Lumpur
Howdy all. Well, it’s time yet again for another challenge! We have been to a few places across Asia mostly on this challenge, and well, today we stick to the continent as we head to the Malaysian capital famous for the Petronas Towers and I think having a pretty cool food scene – Kuala Lumpur. …
Destination of the Month – Pangkor Island, Malaysia
Howdy all and a happy Sunday to everyone out there. It’s the last Sunday of the Month and so it’s time for another ‘Destination of the Month’, and I announce that in September 2022 I have chosen (drumroll………. Oh what, it’s in the blog title? Damn it!) the Island of Pangkor, Malaysia. Why did I …
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$100 and 48 Hours in… Vientiane, Laos
Okay folks, I know it was only last month but it seems like it’s been ages since I did one of these! Yes, we have a weekend somewhere and $100 to spend, and this time around it’s Vientiane, the capital of Laos that I have chosen for the challenge. Vientiane shouldn’t be too hard to …
Taking the Train through the Maeklong Railway Market, Thailand
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Destination of the Month – Cambodia!
Howdy all and well, it’s that time of the month when I choose a destination – be it city, country, region or interesting rock – and declare it to be ‘destination of the MONTH’, a fair accolade by any measure. And well, this time around, after much deliberation in my mind, I have gone for …