Have you ever wanted to take a spontaneous trip to Bali? I did and abandoned the SE Asia backpacking circuit to do so. I wasn’t alone, my travel family from all over the globe was in too. Sharing two obsessions: surfing and travel, it was definitely time to leave in pursuit of waves in Indo!…
Arcadia: an image or idea of life that is believed to be perfect. A noble and peaceful wilderness with bountiful natural splendour and harmony. It is a rare thing when a long-term traveller enters a world completely unique and perfect, a place unlike anywhere they’ve been before. The longer we travel, the less impressed we…
It’s an unusual thing indeed to find an orderly transport system when backpacking through SE Asia. I had gotten used to showing up to delayed transport services, disorganized companies and just general mishap. I’d experienced overbooked buses in Laos with passengers having to sit on the floor for up to nine hours, to transfers in…
Monkey Island: whispers of its uniqueness had driven us to seek it out. We were confused at first though, as we discovered that Monkey Island was not actually an island, but was a guesthouse (bungalows) on a different island – Koh Rong. Regardless, we set our path towards it, travelling south through Laos…
Monkey Republic: the gateway to Monkey Island, Koh Rong. It was breakfast time when we arrived after our overnight bus following a day spent in the foetal position in Siem Reap with a stomach bug. Only surviving the journey due to my trusty friend Imodium and my angel of a friend who organised everything for…
