This is part 1 of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro Groves of banana trees flashed by as I watched out of the window of the bus. As we drove through a tiny village, some kids waved at me from the side of the road with big smiles on their faces. Slowly, the [...]
This week's travel photo is of a lady selling vegetables in a roadside stall in Chiang Rai, Thailand. I really enjoyed wandering around the different fresh food markets in Thailand, and I would often buy some delicious fresh fruit to snack on. Chiang Rai Markets Market shopping is deeply engrained in Thailand's culture and mostly [...]
In Laos' sleepy little capital city, Vientiane, there is a large area of land along the Mekong River front that has been set aside as parkland. Every evening that I was in the city, I went down to the river front to sit and watch the beautiful sunset over the river. Locals and tourists a [...]
Picture yourself in a tiny sea side town built on the side of a spectacular, steep coastline. The smell of the sea invades your senses as you wander along narrow paved streets with colourful old buildings all around you. Small wooden fishing boats from the harbour line the side of the street and the salty [...]
This week's travel photo is of a group of giraffes in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Lake Manyara was the first park that I visited on my recent trip to Tanzania, and it was a good introduction to the wildlife that I could expect to see in the country. I was so excited when I [...]
The blog has been a little quiet lately, but that's because I've been in Tanzania for the past couple of weeks. I'm happy to say that I made it all the way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the hardest trek I have ever attempted, based solely on the summit day itself. I [...]
This week's travel photo is of St Mary's Church in Warwick, Australia. Warwick is a historical town in the heart of the Darling Downs in South East Queensland. More about St Mary's Church St Mary’s Church in Warwick, Queensland, is a striking heritage-listed Catholic church that stands as a testament to the region’s rich history [...]
We never planned on visiting Wat Indraviharn when we were in Bangkok, Thailand. In fact, we had never even heard of it. But that soon changed when we found ourselves on our 20 Baht tuk tuk tour of the city. As it turns out, Wat Indraviharn is a bit of a hangout for dodgy tuk [...]
The leaves rustled in the trees above me as the breeze cooled the sweat on my skin. My shoulders began to ache from the full pack I was carrying as the ground under my feet began to steadily rise. It was time to take a break, and I dropped my pack down on the leafy ground and [...]
Phang Nga Bay is a beautiful area north of Phuket in Southern Thailand, that is characterized by the limstone karst islands that dot the warm tropical waters, along with perfect beaches and coves that accompany them. So far on our tour of this picturesque tropical paradise we had travelled by long tail boat and explored [...]
