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Indonesia’s Wonders Prambanan and Borobudur

Yogyakarta (or Jogyakarta) is a special place, the main reason people visit is for the well known Buddhist temple of Borobudur yet even when visiting a major tourist site like this western faces are few and far between. It’s dirty and polluted but charming and not without its own beauty. Off the back of my previous post about [...]


Monday September 7 2009

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Angkor Wat Without The Crowds

Recently a tweet pointed me to a Times Online article The Worlds 5 Most Overrated Tourist Sites I hardly think any of them are actually overrated, in fact the complaints were less about the sites themselves and more about crowds and money. Angkor Wat, glaringly omitted from Hillmans new 7 wonders of the world was [...]


Wednesday September 2 2009

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Lives Less Ordinary: Interview with David Lee of GoBackpacking.com

David is the author of GoBackpacking.com probably the first travel blog I ever started reading. A good two years later and I’m still reading. Dave has just returned from his 15 month Round The World trip which started in 2008. I asked Dave if he could answer a few questions and here they are, an [...]


Thursday August 27 2009

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Downsizing For A Digital Nomad Life

…you’re not how much money you’ve got in the bank.  You’re not your job.  You’re not your family, and you’re not who you tell yourself…. You’re not your name…. You’re not your problems…. You’re not your age…. You are not your hopes. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club I don’t need to live in a modern 2 [...]


Monday August 24 2009

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Off The Tourist Trail in Cambodia

Tourism to Angkor Wat, Toul Sleng (S21) and the Killing fields has grown quickly in Cambodia but there are many temples and natural attractions that are rarely visited by tourists all over Cambodia. In theory it’s not hard to get off the beaten path in Cambodia but doing it independently can certainly prove a challenge [...]


Saturday August 22 2009

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Cambodia Pt.2

15.03.2011

A ride to small forest temples near Sambor Prei Kuk, in Kampong Thom. Ending at Beng Mealea.