I'm humbled to say I fell victim to judging a place before I got there. Due to comments from Lonely Planet and other travellers I was fully prepared to hate Vang Vieng and only spend 1 days there - I'd even started to form my blog post on it. 4 days later and I'm happily eating my words. Bit of background. Not too long ago I believe Vang Vieng was just another bamboo village you would pass by on the dirt road from Vientiane to Luang Prabang. Once Luang Praba...

I`ve now been in Laos for about 5 days and it`s been a revelation/ I know I only changed borders but I might as well be on another planet for the experiences I`ve had so far.I spent 4 nights at Si Phan Don (4000 islands) a region of the Mekong River where theres a sharp drop in elevation, the river widens out and there`s a maze of all these small islands, sandbars and clumbs of vegetation.The words laid back and relaxed are not strong enough adjectives to descric...

I'm sitting in the little town of Stung Treng (alone and unloved for the first time) and I enjoyed writing my 'Best Of' for Vietnam so here's a second installment for Cambodia. Best Meal: Hamburger and Chips - Sihanoukville. First solid meal after the spews, and the burger was spiced perfectly. Honorable Mention: Mocha Eclair from Blue Pumpkin Bakery in Siem Reap Biggest Character: Tough choice, probably the kid at the rapids who posed for about half ...

You know when people go away to famous tourist destinations and come back going, 'It was OK, but it wasn't that good'. I have not had that experience yet at all! All the places that I've visited so far that are famous as tourist destinations have in my opinion been living up to their reputation.First it was Ha Long Bay and Sapa in Vietnam, now I can add the Temples of Angkor to my list of awesome things I've seen.For those who don't know, ...

This is my last night in Phnom Penh before I head to the jewel of Cambodia, Angkor Wat and surrounds and I have to say, I like the place. OK some downsides, open sewers that can't handle the inflows from a normal daily flood that turn the street into a river of black, insanely competetive moto and tuk tuk drivers that have to be roped off like animals whenever a tour bus pulls in. But apart from that I think its a slightly more advanced and dare I say, cosmopolit...