Okay – they won’t be quite so secrets after I publish a blog post about them! Eurovision week is upon us again, and this year AUSTRALIA have an entry. No, I have no idea how they justify that but we do love the world’s biggest song contest here in Australia. Have I ever personally been …
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Trip of a Lifetime – The Czech Republic & Norway
Crikey, it’s been MONTHS since I posted on the story of my first ever solo backpacker adventure. Readers may (or may not) recall that I had almost got to the end of my time in Europe, which had seen me through Germany, Italy, France, the UK, Sweden, Denmark yada yada yada. When last I left …
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Accommodation Review – Moon Light Guesthouse, Thazi, Myanmar
Thazi is not a place that tourists rush to, it’s one of those places they pass through on their way somewhere else. It sits on main highways and has a biggish train station, and it was my rest between Bagan and Inle Lake. Not that a rest stop is really needed, it was only a …
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A Kingdom of Tigers
The one thing I did with my time away that seems to have captured most people’s interest is spend time with tigers in the sanctuary ‘Tiger Kingdom’, not far from Chiang Mai, so I thought it would be worth a blog post. I must admit initially I had no plans to visit it, in fact …
Accommodation Review – May Kha Lar Guesthouse, Nyaung U, Myanmar (Bagan)
The next accommodation review is in, and it doesn’t quite match up to the first two places I stayed in Myanmar, but to be honest, they were pretty special. I had also pre-booked the May Khar Lar Guesthouse on Asiarooms.com I think, but I kinda knew I was in for a drop in quality. I …
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Sunday Spotlight – Mandalay
Yes, Sunday Spotlight is back this time with a city from my most recently visited country, Myanmar. Mandalay, made famous to the west by Rudyard Kipling and a poem he once wrote, possibly sounds a little romantic. For example: Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay: Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' …
Foto Friday – On the train in Myanmar
This lady was not supposed to be in 'upper class', but when the ticket inspectors came along she yelled and shouted and made so much fuss they let her stay. Carriage wasn't even half full anyway. She had a dozen bags. I took several of these shots, all blurry, yet for some reason I really …
The Shwedagon Pagoda
At the heart of Yangon, bustling ex-capitol of Myanmar, lies the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most significant temple in the city and the city’s biggest tourist attraction by far. When I was travelling in Myanmar I heard a variety of opinions about Yangon, and most weren’t so positive. People were choosing to skip Yangon all together …
Review: A Little Bit of Mandalay Tavern
This was the one I was really looking forward to staying in. It looked so above its price – I paid less than $30US per night – through its pictures and website that I was sure I had the bargain of the trip. And really, I wasn’t disappointed although I probably had over-estimated the place …
Gallipoli
Today marks the 100th year anniversary of the allies landing on the beaches of Gallipoli. Although I don't normally go in for doing the same thing as every other Australian, 11 years ago I visited the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey as part of my round the world trip, and was taken aback by the place. …
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