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The Secret Angkor Wat Treehouse

To tell the truth I’m not really sure how secret this is but I’ve not met any other visitors to Angkor who have known about it. One previous visits to Angkor I never hung around for sunset not with a view of Angkor Wat anyway, this visit I had only opted for a day pass [...]


Monday July 11 2011

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Update: On The Moving to Asia Plan

Way back in June ’09 I wrote about my plan to move to south east Asia. Obviously I’m still not there, but the plan is still in place. The motivation is still there but the reasons for the motivation have changed slightly, before it was the Tim Ferris lifestyle design idea that sold me, along [...]


Tuesday July 5 2011

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Offending Khmers at Bokor Hill Station

The 24th of December was spent doing a Bokor Mountain tour outside Kampot town. The only way to get up there right now is on a tour, or on major Khmer public holidays when the road is opened. They are still blasting out parts of the new road and so you can’t drive all of [...]


Sunday March 13 2011

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Lies Travelers Tell #1

How many times have you heard a traveller say “People the world over are generally good, they just want to live peaceful and happy lives just like you and I” and most of us whether we have travelled or not, agree. It’s a nice thought  but it’s not complete, while travelling has certainly shown me [...]


Monday December 13 2010

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Return To The Kingdom

So I’m finally heading off on another trip, back yet again to the Kingdom of Cambodia. In case you haven’t figured it out I love Cambodia and the Khmer history, I was planning on going to Vietnam but the number of things I still want to see and do in the Kingdom outweighed what I [...]


Saturday November 6 2010

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What is Authentic Travel?

It is a pretty standard thing to visit Borobudur at sunrise, avoiding the crowd and being treated to a stunning natural light show. When I visited Borobudur it was in the middle of the day when the crowds were at their worst. Rather than spoiling the experience, that crowd of people turned visiting a beautiful [...]


Monday September 13 2010

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