Adventures for the wild hearted
Jakarta is not what you would call an aesthetically pleasing city. Dilapidated buildings, shacks and dirty concrete sprawls for miles along heavily traffic-clogged roads with little greenery interspersed. Most people completely skip Jakarta altogether. I must admit, Jakarta was not on my list for any particular reason, I was merely there as a matter of …
I had the pleasure of meeting up with two lovely ladies from Taiwan via a social networking group for female travellers. Coincidentally, they were staying very close to me and it was easy for us to meet up for a meal or drinks. We all wanted to go and check out the Little India quarter …
I was glad that I chose Chinatown to stay in whilst I was in Singapore... As soon as you step off the MRT and get on the escalator for the Chinatown stop, brightly painted colonial buildings rise to greet you on both sides. Strings of crimson and white paper lanterns zig zag above you all …
So my first night in Singapore, I was tired and so hungry that I couldn’t function. When I’m hungry, I get irritable and I can't think straight so I went out in search of food. I had purposely selected a hostel in the heart of Chinatown because I had a feeling there would be an …
H and I booked our bus to Cambodia (a 12hr trip) for just 350 bhat each. Pick up was to be the next day at 7am. We took laundry to be done, whereas usually, we had been hand washing. The problem was it had been too humid lately to dry properly and smelt of damp. …
There was a club that we frequented whilst on Koh Chang called Ting Tongs. It was always full and had live music playing most nights before the late night partying really set in and the dance music blared. There were neon paintings on the walls, an old tree growing through the middle and a tree …
Continue reading "The time I accidentally walked into a crime scene in Thailand"
We arrived at Magic Garden to check-in. The huts have a certain charm but our bathroom was infested with ants! One day, I had come out of the shower and was lying on the bed in a towel, when I felt a stinging/itching sensation on my skin. I looked down and threw off the towel …
Continue reading "Bang Bao Pier & Buddah View Restaurant – Thailand"
The next day, feeling quite fragile, we all had lunch at Nature Beach and sat on the sand for a little while, chatting with some of the guys that lived on the island. We then walked up the road and hailed a taxi which drove us up to the area where one of the waterfalls …
Continue reading "Klong Plu Waterfall, Koh chang – Thailand"
Today is my birthday. This time a fair few years ago I was watching the snow fall at Heathrow airport with my family, wondering whether the flight would be delayed or cancelled. Today the weather is ever so slightly better! Today also had me reminiscing about that trip and the beautiful land below the wind… …
Continue reading "7 Things to love about Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – Borneo"
The flight home went without any hitches, apart from the rip I got in my trousers which was not ideal having ran out of clean pants and gone commando! The security woman at Mumbai probably got more than she bargained for when she patted me down! Upon arriving at my Mother's house, she told me …
The Gypsy Heart Travels 