I've spent the last couple of days moving into a new unit and today I'm off to Cambodia, well it will take me two days to get there going via Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur first and then I will only be there a couple of days before heading to Thailand and later back to Cambo to visit some temples, I have a particular one in mind that which covers an area greater than Angkor Thom but is rarely visited by tourists, it will be a challenge to get to though and a lot of fun. The geek in me is looking forward to trying out Foursquare in a few cities and Trave Fish's new Angkor app, the rest is just

I've neglected Australia and my home state of Tasmania on this blog a little bit so in the lead up to my Cambodia, Thailand and possibly Laos trip in just a couple of weeks I'm going to feature them a little more. One of the best ways to see Tasmania is on its waterways and there are plenty of options to explore them, two of my favorite areas of Tasmania would have to be Freycinet and the Franklin/Gordon Wild Rivers, if you are heading this way I recommend both of them. River Cruise There are a few options for river cruising in Tasmania and more than a couple are on Hobart’s River D

Just about every country seems to have a place on many travelers’ lists that will draw commendation from some. In Australia climbing Uluru (Ayers Rock) might be frowned upon, signs at the rock tell visitors that climbing it is disrespectful to the aboriginals. There are many things tourists do wherever they go the inevitably cause offense to some locals. In Cambodia visitors to the killing fields have come under fire as the concession was sold to a Japanese country and the government refuses to cremate the remains in a traditional Buddhist ceremony. However no one discouraged visiti

I wanted to weigh in quickly on today’s post by Sean Ogle, What defines success? And the comment quoted.. “…you’re just a kid who was likely pampered his whole life growing up, and finally when it was time to be an adult, you had a hard time facing the music that in the real world, nobody cares how much fun you have at your job. You either do it well, or you get fired.” We’ll just ignore the first part because it is a pathetic cheap shot and, well you know what they say about arguing on the internet. I too care if I have fun while doing my job, I also agree that in the “real wo

Working on this Internet marketing stuff to fund my travels happens for me in surges. I’m always working on it but sometimes I’m being a lot more productive than others. I’m often asking myself if I am doing enough. I use RescueTime to track how much time I spend productively working on the projects that will make me money (real work like writing posts, articles and site building), I aim for one hour a day, I probably only achieve that goal 50% of the time but over the course of a week I am on average doing more than an hour daily, unfortunately RescueTime won’t let me set these

I love the masses of people, markets, nightlife and all those things you find in Asian cities but stopping for a while in quieter small towns and regions gives you the much needed to relax, take in your surroundings and process all the madness and excitement of your travels. Here are a few places I have visited or plan to visit in the future. Samosir, Indonesia I'd never heard of it until recently,  it is one of those places that isn't quite on the tourist trail. With the tourist downturn in Indonesia it has become even more off the map and extremely good value, in fact possibly the bes