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Thaipusam. What the hell just happened?
Aside from the disjointed rhythym of multiple drum troupes echoeing off and around the huge Karst outcrops that welcome visitors to Batu Caves, one of the first things I note after disembarking from the unusually busy KTM commmuter train is … Continue reading
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The return.
OK, so it’s been two years since my blog abruptly ended, so apologies for the silence but please allow me to explain… Our travel adventure stopped suddenly when whilst in the charming cloth capital of Hoi An, Vietnam I received … Continue reading
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The year of the dragon : Dalat
The hill station town of Dalat works at a much more leisurely pace than much of what we have seen of Vietnam. Without suffering from the tropical heat of the lowland South, the inhabitants seem able to chill a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged central highlands, chinese new year, crazy house, crazy house dalat, dalat, Tet, valley of love, Vietnam, year of the dragon
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Winds of change: Mui Ne
Having endured a painful five-hour bus crawl northwards from Saigon (for the large part through endless urban sprawl and repetitive communist architectural monstrosities) we finally pitch up at the coastal resort of Mui Ne. Mui Ne is a resort known … Continue reading
Going Underground : The Cu Chi Tunnels
Claustrophobia : The fear of enclosed spaces. Having studied phobias when training in hypnotherapy a few years ago, I developed an interested in the topic of phobic reactions and the underlying mental processes which allow a principally non-threatening event to become … Continue reading
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Tagged Cu Chi Tunnels, Saigon, Tunnel Rat, Viet Cong, Vietnam War
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An orange twist : Saigon
Aside from the Vietnamese of the delta region being rather lacking in stature, the other trait we have frequently commented upon is the disproportionately high number of deformed people we have encountered over the past few days. Puzzled by the … Continue reading
Market Day: Can Tho
With its numerous fingers of water dividing and reaching seawards after thousands of miles of travel across the nations of South-East Asia, the fertile lands of the Mekong Delta are often characterised as being the rice bowl of Vietnam. The … Continue reading
Is this Lilliput? : Cau doc
An enjoyable six-hour boat journey along the mighty Mekong River provides us delivery all the way from Phnom Penh to the upper reaches of the Mekong delta at Cau Doc, Vietnam. Having crossed the Vietnamese border a little way upstream, … Continue reading
The Killing Fields : Choeung Ek
Before leaving Cambodia for Vietnam, we stayed one more night in Phnom Penh as we still yet to take in the Genocide Memorial Centre, some 17km outside of the city. Choeung Ek is popularly referred to as “The Killing Fields” … Continue reading
Mine’s bigger than yours : Angkor Wat
For our third and last full day in Siem Reap, we intend to see the triumvirate of heavyweight temples that make this area famous throughout whe world. Angkor Thom, Ta Phrom, and Angkor Wat between them are the focus of … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, penis extension, Photo, Photography, Prosthetic penis, Siem Reap, Ta Phrom, The Bayon, Tomb Raider
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From Sketty to sweaty 