As I travelled around the world, I saw and experienced lots of new and unusual things. This Foto Friday is a prime example but can you guess what my new experience was and where I was at the time? There are no prizes for guessing correctly but did you have a go? Well, if you …
Category Archive: Asia
Mar 06 2013
Follow In The Beatles’ Footsteps
When I was in Rishikesh, I met an American guy who was a musician travelling around the world. He was going in the anticlockwise while I was going clockwise around the world. He was near the end of his travels and I was at the start of mine. Anyway, he was on a mission to …
Feb 27 2013
Discovering Kampong Cham
I hadn’t expected to go to Kampong Cham on my journey around Cambodia but I couldn’t get a direct bus from Banlung in Ratanakiri to Siem Reap. I had no choice but to change buses at Kampong Cham so after a 7 hour bus ride, I arrived. Being the only foreigner, I was surrounded by …
Feb 22 2013
Novice Monks In Laos
I can’t believe it’s Foto Friday again. How time flies! So what have I got for you this week? Well, when I was in Luang Prabang, I saw the largest concentration of Buddhist monks I have ever seen. While I was wandering around the town one day with a fellow independent traveller, we got chatting to a …
Feb 13 2013
Romantic Destinations
As it’s the month of ‘L VE‘, there are lots of lists of romantic destinations circulating at the moment. Being a bit of a dreamer and a romantic at heart, I thought I would add my two pennies worth. I have been very fortunate over the last few years to visit many countries, towns and villages. My …


