solo female travel blog
“An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells; On the road to Mandalay . . .” - Kipling Arriving in Mandalay, I chose to hold on to Kipling’s poetic visions – the river valley landscape surrounded my mountainous plains, rice paddy fields and friendly locals – rather … [Read more...]
For just one US dollar you can experience the true essence of local life in Yangon as you travel for three hours through the city’s rural landscape. While Yangon is a fast-paced, chaotic city to get lost in, riding the Circle Line train provides a window into the daily routine of the Myanmar … [Read more...]
Inle Lake is one of the top four traveller must-sees in Myanmar alongside the never-ending temple landscape of Bagan and the two main cities of Yangon and Mandalay. Whilst similar, yet grander in scale, to Cambodia’s famous Tonle Sap Lake, Inle has overshadowed my other experiences on Southeast … [Read more...]
Myanmar is hot on the Southeast Asia travel trail right now, but as a country which has only recently opened its doors to tourism, travelling here means facing many challenges that you do not necessarily encounter on the same scale as other countries in the region. Infrastructure is only just … [Read more...]
My recent visit to Bangkok marked my third stay in the city, which I had always found crazy, hectic and, in parts, extremely frustrating. This time around, I grew to really appreciate what Bangkok had to offer. I lived in the business and residential area of Silom for a week, hung out in Sukhumvit … [Read more...]
Wild: adverb, noun, adjective. Living in a state of nature, not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal It’s almost a given that a trip to Borneo incites an insatiable need to see orangutans – an endangered species native only to the island and parts of Indonesia. Aside from national park trekking … [Read more...]
Georgetown, the capital of north-western Malaysia’s island of Penang, has everything you would expect from an old colonial city – a fort, grand buildings, stately homes and assembly buildings and old waterways marking a once vibrant port trading ground - but there’s one thing that makes it … [Read more...]
It almost goes without saying that Las Vegas is definitely one of the more unique cities in the United States – fun, vibrant and slightly mind-blowing. Except my memories of it from a trip four years ago are not as crazy as what you see on The Hangover movie, or even remotely on the scale of … [Read more...]
“In time, will the rise in the number of tourists coming to visit here ruin your way of life? Do numbers need to be controlled?” I asked the Deputy Chief of the longhouse via a translator, always eager to know if such visits are a necessity, with promises of government support and regular … [Read more...]
“I remember when this all looked so very different” said my guide, Rose, as we drove through the city of Kuching – the capital of the eastern Borneo state of Sarawak where she was born and raised. Her moment of reminiscence came after my declaration that my first impressions were completely … [Read more...]
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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