Manky Dogs (manky dogs rule Sri Lanka. It doesn't matter where you are they are there. At the beach, on top of the mountain or at an Ancient City)Short Eats (yummy little savoury delights that cost a pittance)Ginger Beer (The best Ginger Beer ever!!! And I had one every day)Curry & Rice (yummo - Sri Lanka knows how to make a good veg curry and the best thing is that you get several little assorted dishes)Monkey's (Monkey's, Monkey's, Monkey's - everywhere and...

Street Eating - It was bound to happen sooner or later After crossing the border (via water taxi) between Laos and Thailand I headed by foot to the bus station. The bus departed at 9am for Chang Mai and I had plenty of time to walk the 2 kms to get there. The trip took about 6.5 hours and we stopped halfway for some lunch at one of the main bus stations enroute. I was very excited about being in Thailand as the food here for me is the best in Asia and is th...

Laos - Land of Smiles (and caves, waterfalls, beer Lao, pigs, goats, ducks and RAIN!!!)After getting our lift at the Thai border that saved our day we drove for a couple of hours heading north towards Ubon Ratchathani which was our destination for the day. Our driver was not heading that far but would drop us off at a bus to get us there. It was 6:30pm and dark by the time we got a bus and it was a local one at that. We rattled along in the old bus for about 2-3 ...

Beaches, Ancient Temples and Genocide - CAMBODIA!!!! After a non eventful 6 hour bus journey from Ho Chi Minh I arrived into Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital city (although it was quite amusing watching the Spanish guy stress out about getting his change of $75 from his visa payment. It took the bus guy over half the trip to give it to him yet the locals got their change straight away). As always tuk tuk drivers were waiting for us eagerly to take us to hotels and ...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (with a Junket thrown in) PLANE - Saigon - Ha Noi (1.45 hours) The first leg of our journey North was easy. A pleasant 1.45 hour flight to Ha Noi. Once we had made it into the Old Quarter from the airport we were quickly picked up by a hotel tout. It was a nice hotel with a nice price but the staff were very pushy trying to sell you tours to SaPa and Halong Bay. (We did however take up on one of their tours the following day to Halo...