For our stay in Siem Reap, Cambodia, we had booked accommodation at the Community School of Hope which is a family-run school in a very rural setting pretty much equidistant between the airport and the western gate of Angkor Wat.…
Category: Travel
Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Getting to the Cameron Highlands from Penang is very straightforward. We purchased our bus tickets the day before we wanted to travel, using the easybook app. Within the app there a several comapnies to choose from, and we used Perak…
Kuala Lumpur
We arrived in Kuala Lumpur by bus from Tanah Rata, the first part of the journey leaving the Cameron Highlands on very windy roads. There were several trees down following a storm, and at one point we got completely stuck…
Koh Phangan
Our journey to Koh Phangan started with the purchase of a travel voucher at one of the many taxi/tour desks vying for our business at Surat Thani airport. We also used these people to arrange a taxi to our hotel…
Phuket
We have handed this blog entry over to Elliot… We stayed near Kata beach in an apartment (with a kitchen!) a pool was down the road, it was a nice temperature. The hotel pool was very basic, we went in…
Penang
This blog entry has been taken over by Jessica… We arrived on 29th May late at night, with thunderstorms and heavy rain. Over the next few days we found Malaysian SIM cards and looked at Georgetown, which had street art…
Koh Samui
A short, Grab, taxi transfer from Pralan pier on the north coast took us to Green Space resort in Koh Samui. This is a small family run resort containing a swimming pool and several good sized bungalows nestled amongst very…
Chiang Mai
It was an early morning start in Chiang Mai after travelling on the overnight train from Bangkok and arriving at 7.15am. We decided to leave our bags at the station and head into the city to take advantage of the…
Dickoya
We arrived into Hatton train station after what turned out to be our last train ride through Sri Lanka’s picturesque tea plantations. Our hotel had a game of Carrom in the lobby which Elliot particularly enjoyed playing. Both kids played…
Nuwara Eliya
Our second destination in Sri Lanka’s main tea producing area was a two and a half hour scenic train ride from Ella. The nearest train station at Nanu Oya is a few miles out from Nuwara Eliya, requiring a 20…