Travel Guides & Experiences

After my Cambodia visit gave me my first taste of Southeast Asia I was keen and ready to go back for seconds. And thirds. Hell, I wanted the whole buffet. When I was deciding where to head off to next I was genuinely spoiled for choice. Much Like an actual buffet, Southeast Asia offers everything, with it all being totally different regardless off their close proximity. I ended up picking Vietnam, specifically Hanoi, the capital city. Great decision it turns out, as it change

I first saw the film "Apocalypse Now" when I was around fifteen years old. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1899 Novel "Heart of Darkness", it tells the story of Captain Willard as he travels up the fictional Nung River from Southern Vietnam into Cambodia to find and terminate (with extreme prejudice) Colonel Kurtz. I have now seen the film at least twenty times and on every viewing I find something new that captures my attention. The river, the jungle, the patrol boat, the danger...

There are two things I love most in this world: travel and cricket. Luckily, I was recently given the opportunity to do both in an area of Thailand I had not previously visited - Chiang Mai. Now, for a bit of background, growing up in South Africa it is easy to fall in love with cricket. When I was younger I fell in love with the images of players like Warne, Cullinan, Donald, Pollock, Rhodes, Waugh, Tendulkar, Akram, Klusener and many, many more. I got my first cricket bat w

I had been wanting to do a night hike in Hong Kong for quite a while and the increasingly hot Spring days gave me the perfect reason to go for a lovely bit of exploring during the cooler hours. After going through a few other blogs and searches looking for the ideal hike I finally struck gold. The Lion Rock hike is short, steep and not too difficult for somebody at my fitness level and so I made the decision to do this on a Saturday night straight after work. I invited my sis

I have always been interested in all things paranormal so when I heard that there was a creepy, abandoned and “haunted” school nearby I jumped at the opportunity to pay it a visit. Now, it should be said that I do not believe in ghosts, spirits or demons of any kind but have always found these things very interesting. The school is located about a kilometre from Tin Shui Wai MTR station, which is nearby my place of work so I got ready and myself, my sister and two other frien

It was during a fairly routine day of being a tourist in Quarry Bay that my sister and I came across the signposts for Mount Parker. Specifically, the Mount Parker Road Green Trail just off King’s Road. I had not been on a hike in Hong Kong yet and since I now knew exactly how to access this one, I looked at my sister and suggested we do it. Thankfully she agreed. So, a few days later, on a rather warm, humidity filled mid-December morning we set out from our apartment in Tsu

Three months ago, in November 2020, I arrived in Hong Kong from South Africa to a brand new life. However, the journey by no means started then. This is a journey that started twelve years ago with tiny steps, multiple tiny steps in fact, before I finally made the giant leap. There were many reasons for me wanting to leave South Africa which I will not bore anybody with here because I will almost certainly come across as a whiny crybaby. I will instead explain how I made the