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A graveyard where thousands of people – men, women, and children – died a brutal death and lay forgotten, just one of many carcasses in a hole in the ground.
Choeung Ek is one of the multiple sites in Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the Communist Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War. Continue reading “A somber trip to the Killing Fields – Phnom Penh, Cambodia”
Vientiane is the capital, and biggest city, in Laos. There is much to see and do here – such as checking out all the French style architecture (Arc de Triomphe, anyone?) – but what I want to talk about here is one place we visited, the COPE Centre. Continue reading “Broken by bombs – Vientiane, Laos”
Cruising down the Mekong River in a long boat, sipping on a beer and playing cards with fellow travellers.
Sounds like a wonderful time, right?
I can tell you, it was. Continue reading “Travel lessons from Pakbeng, Laos: Relax, and take it as it comes”
One thing about travelling is that you get so many opportunities to see things and do things that you may never get to see or do again.
Even if that’s not a foreseeable outcome. Continue reading “Visiting the White Temple before destruction – Chiang Rai, Thailand”
I arrived in Chiang Mai after taking the overnight train from Bangkok – something I would recommend anyone to do, it was such a great experience.
Chiang Mai is a very cultural place – from temples, to markets, to tigers, there’s so much to see and learn. Continue reading “My thoughts on cuddling tigers in Chiang Mai, Thailand”
Bangkok is a city with so many sides – there’s the busy side, the laidback side, the shopping side, the foodie side, the party side, and the cultural side (among so many more, I’m sure).
My first inkling that Bangkok was going to be a surprise to me came when I got in a taxi fresh out of the airport, and Michael Jackson started playing on the radio, the driver humming and nodding along to it. Continue reading “Welcome to Asia – Dunked in Bangkok, Thailand”
A visit to Patmos will be an experience to tuck away in their heart for anyone with any Christian religious beliefs.
The site of the Groto of the Apocalypse (also known as St John’s Cave), where it is believed St John received and wrote the book of Revelations. Continue reading “Visiting Patmos, Crete and Santorini on a Greek Islands Cruise”
Cruising around the Greek Islands is a dream for many, and I was really ecstatic I got to fulfil that dream at the end of my time in Europe. Continue reading “Visiting Mykonos and Kusadasi (on the coast of Turkey) while on a Greek Islands Cruise”
Delphi – a place the ancient Greeks considered the centre of the universe.
You see, legend has it that when Zeus unleashed two eagles from opposite ends of the earth in order to locate its centre, the two eagles met over Delphi, on the side of Mt Parnassus. Continue reading “Delphi, Greece: The centre of the universe”
The Olympics has become the biggest and most revered sporting event in our world, so it’s exciting to see the place where the Olympics were born. Continue reading “My Olympic dreams: Visiting Olympia, Greece”