Author: Paul
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Anglesea – one perfect day + 1
It was a pristine November day in Anglesea, on the Surf Coast of Victoria; the temperature was mild and the sky an intense blue. I was beach-hopping from Point Roadknight to Anglesea main beach, but it wasn’t until I detoured into the shadows of the cliffs lining this part of the shore that I noticed the sky reflecting in water […]
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Siem Reap to Beng Mealea by Mountain Bike
On my second trip to Siem Reap I was looking for something different to do. A mountain bike tour to a remote temple filled the bill. Camouflage Adventure Cambodia provided the opportunity. They’re one of the newer operators in Siem Reap, offering a good collection of suitable bikes, and tours at competitive rates. It was the height of the wet […]
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Angkor Wat Day Tour
Having been to Angkor Wat three years previously I wanted to try a different approach this time, so decided on a guided day tour with Beyond Unique Escapes, who have a reputation for running good excursions with a community feel aimed at smaller groups. I chose their Angkor Uncovered tour costing $28 per person, including lunch. It was the off-season […]
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Bangkok to Siem Reap by Government Bus
Cambodian E-visa Scam? July 2014. The purpose of this post is to compliment and update previous articles about catching the Thai government bus from Mochit station in Bangkok to Siem Reap. It has been operational since early last year and is, apparently, the only direct bus, thus avoiding many hassles that reportedly occur at the border. I’ll include links to […]
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Mekong Motorcycle Diaries Day 2
Thailand 13th November, 2012 Sangkhom (sunrise, a waterfall and temple views) During the night, dogs could be heard barking intermittently in the distance from the island on the other side of the river in Laos. At this time of year the temperature cools enough overnight, so there was no need to bring the fan in from the veranda. Despite the […]
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Khon Kaen Silk Festival
Khon Kaen, a transport hub in the far north east of Thailand, was never a trading stop on the famous Silk Road. Unsurprising really, given the road was a network rather than a route: but Khon Kaen, as far as I know, wasn’t part of that either. Silk, however, plays an important role in Khon Kaen’s current trading and tourist […]
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Leisure on Labour Day at the Surf Coast
In 1856, when working days were long and arduous, stonemasons and builders across Melbourne downed tools and marched to Parliament House and pushed for an eight-hour day. The rest, as they say, is history and everyone in Australia now enjoys the right to eight hours work, eight hours recreation and eight hours rest. This achievement is acknowledged in Victoria on […]
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White Night Melbourne, 2014
Humans are social creatures and, whether conscious of it or not, we’re also an outdoorsy lot. Most of us no longer hunt-and-gather in the prairies or plains or decorate cave walls, but we still retain an innate desire to create and explore new worlds. Events like the White Night Festival encourage city folk to venture outside to discover their metropolitan […]
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Ho Chi Minh House
It’s a little known fact that Ho Chi Minh spent part of his life as a farmer in the village of Na Jok five kilometres from the Mekong River city of Nakhon Phanom in Thailand. Though, how long he stayed there is open to conjecture, further confused by alternate use of Gregorian and Buddhist calendars; and Ho Chi Minh was […]
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Anglesea, Aireys Inlet Sunset Gallery
It has been a hot week in Anglesea and Fairhaven (Aireys Inlet) with some cool sunsets. A few of these pics were taken using a filter, but most are as is.
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