After the previous somewhat serious post, I thought I'd lighten things up a little. I like to write and express and talk shite about, w...

We paid u$d100 for a flight from Bangkok to Macau with just 16 hours notice - damn cheap! Interestingly enough, Macau was both the first an...

When I first visited Bangkok back in 1994, it was a sprawling, congested, polluted city where tuk tuks seemed to outnumber people as they sp...

The immigration process to enter Talichek, Myanmar aka Burma from Mae Sai, Thailand is easily the most bizarre I've ever encountered but...

After bus burnout we flew 1 hour from Luang Prabang in Laos to Chiang Mai, Thailand. We arrived on a Sunday which is the biggest market day ...

I've been on my fair share of long bus rides (like this one - here ) but these two back to back rides are right up there with the All St...

From Phnom Penh we headed south and crossed the border into Vietnam where we arrived at Ho Chi Min City. HCMC is just a blur of motorbikes o...

Royal Palace, Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is 6 hours from Siam Reap. It's a poverty stricken, polluted, congested mess. Besides the Royal Pala...

Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Apart from the Khymer Rouge, Cambodia is probably best known for the temple ruins of Angkor Wat which is a short hop ...

Welcome to the Kingdom of Cambodia (Got lottsa money?) How to avoid the scams crossing the border from Bangkok, Thailand to Siam Reap, Cambo...

Click map to enlarge Ladyboys get a discount! After a few days in Ko Phi Phi we headed by boat directly to Phucket which was hit hard by th...

Kuala Lumpur Flights are cheap down here so from Bali we bought tickets at the airport to Kuala Lumpur where we spent a fairly uneventful fe...

Gunung Bromo I'm a tad behind on the travelogue and inexcusably behind on blog visits (apologies and thanks to those who keep reading th...

I'm finally back in civilization so taking my laptop to the PC Doctor later today. Wish me lucky 'long-time!' - Happy Endings an...

Okay - so it's not as bad as the one above but I get a cryptic message about a missing or corrupt file and the mother sucker just hangs ...

Friendly locals We arrived in Yogyakarta at 3:30am and haggled outside the train station for a taxi (u$d 2) to our pre-booked accomo - Pramb...

I found my future job (see photo above) - We took the airport Damri Bus (50 minutes u$d 2) to Gambir (central train station) and then hopped...

Where the hell is Indonesia? We took a late morning JetStar Asia flight from Hong Kong to Jakarta (u$d 160 oneway) with a connection in Sing...

UPDATED JANUARY 2013 People are always asking me "What's the cost of living over there?" - The answer depends on whether ...

Which would you like first? - ok the bad news first. I am still an unemployed Irish bum. The job market is still very slow and employers he...

It's very common in Hong Kong for people to have a maid. Before you ask - No - we don't have one...yet. Given my current job prospe...