How To Stay Safe When Renting A Motorcycle in South East Asia

How To Stay Safe When Renting A Motorcycle in South East Asia

If you’ve been to South East Asia before you’ll know that the preferred choice of transport is the motorcycle. In busy cities the roads are so packed with them that as a pedestrian you just have to pick a small gap in the traffic and go, keeping your...
Adventure Day Trips in Chiang Mai

Adventure Day Trips in Chiang Mai

‘Aarghhhh! Are you trying to fricking kill us?’ I squealed as our motorcycle skidded and we came to a sideways halt in the middle of a small swamp. I jumped off prodding a patch of skin on my inner thigh where I’d just gotten a friction burn off the...
We Loved Nong Khai & Here’s Why

We Loved Nong Khai & Here’s Why

Hugging Thailand’s border with Laos, the sleepy town of Nong Khai is a little slice of heaven. The vast and beautiful Mekong river separates the two countries with glistening golden-brown and copper colours. The pace of life is much slower than most other places...
Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

When most travellers talk about culture shock they refer to it in the sense of the feeling they get when they leave home and travel to a new far flung destination. Or also in the sense of ‘reverse’ culture shock when they return home after a period of travelling and...