A quick guide to Myanmar After more than 30 years of limited access and restricted travel for foreigners, Myanmar’s military regime finally opened the doors to mainstream international tourism in 2011. I first arrived in the country a couple of years later, and with my western media fuelled preconceptions, I half expected the streets to…
At a mention of Cambodia, perhaps the first thing that springs to mind is the celebrated Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, which forms part of the Angkor Temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. However, if you’re of a certain age, perhaps your thoughts may be of the radical communist, Khmer Rouge, who…
Travel and Parking To get to Universal Studios, you will have to travel via I4, as it is roughly 15-20 miles out of Orlando. The journey won’t take long, as the roads in America are very straight and when there is no congestion there is very little stopping, starting, and slowing down. You will be…
Thailand’s National Parks Have you considered visiting Khao Yai one of the biggest of Thailand’s many national parks? I would hazard a guess that many of Thailand’s 35 million tourists are unaware that there are 127 national parks in the country. These parks, which include 22 marine protected areas, offer a home to a diverse…
Whether you are a tourist or long-term traveller, whatever you’re looking for in your explorations, you are almost guaranteed to find it in what is now one of the globe’s hot-spot travel destinations… Thailand. With its unique culture, celebrated cuisine, adrenaline-charged nightlife, great beaches, mostly agreeable climate and largely friendly natives, what’s not to like?…
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