Top tips for surviving a sleeper bus in Asia
About to take your first sleeper bus across Asia? Well this post is for you - before I went on my first one I had no idea what to expect and although my experience went horribly wrong, there are plenty
Australia: I do believe it’s time for another adventure!
You were supposed to be reading a completely different post today from My time in Vietnam, but just a few hours ago I sat in the lobby of my hostel thinking about how amazingly everything had just fallen into place
The worst possible welcome to Vietnam and my first sleeper bus experience
To say I didn't have the best first experience of Vietnam would be an understatement. It was a sad goodbye I said to my friends as I waved them off in their bus from Laos to Chiang Mai for Songkran
Traveller burnout: Don’t be afraid to say no
When you first pack your bags and head off into the big wide world on your travels, it's a pretty exciting time. It's been a long time coming and you've lost count of how many times you fantasised about being
The backpacker’s guide to tubing in Vang Vieng, Laos
On the face of it, tubing sounds like one of the most rubbishy, touristy things you can do - something for the uncultured among us travellers. You couldn't be more wrong, it's a rite of passage for backpackers, something you
Vang Vieng – A place for badly behaved backpackers
Dropped off at the side of a dusty road in Vang Vieng after the most traumatic journey through winding, mountainous roads, I won't lie and say my first thought wasn't "oh God this place is a hole." It looked like
Luang Prabang – Playing mermaid in the waterfalls
It's been a while since I had the opportunity to indulge my inner mermaid, so when we heard about the huge waterfalls in Luang Prabang, we simply had to make sure we went there. Now I have to clarify that
Luang Prabang – from finding Utopia to creepy bowling alleys
Laos proved to be a country with two very different sides to it - the drunken, touristy side you may have already heard about where we aren't exactly welcomed with open arms by the locals. And the pure beauty of
Indulge your inner festival queen with New Look
I'm taking a break from the travel posts today to cover one of my favourite topics - festivals! Anyone who knows me will know I'm a bit of a festival queen and that I can never turn down a chance
Slow boat from Thailand (Pai) to Laos (Luang Prabang)
Since travelling across Asia I've been on my fair share of buses, trains, motorbikes, tuk tuks and ferries - but one of my favourite methods of transport so far had to be the slow boat from Thailand to Laos. It
