asia

Getting my mooch on from letterfromthailand 138 days old

[ ... ] of Asia's largest river which is only accessible by ferry. The travel time and petrol costs involved in a trip from Mekong Island to the city ...

Buying mates in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 144 days old

With Songkran quickly fading to a blurry memory I had two weeks in Southeast Asia to kill before I was due to arrive in Australia as an immigrant. Naturally, ...

A spot of bother from letterfromthailand 152 days old

Hangovers and boats are uneasy bedfellows but the wedding I had travelled to the isolated island of Koh Lipe in Thailand's southern-most province for ...

Getting the hang of the place in time to leave from letterfromthailand 309 days old

Looking around at Bangkok in the days before I flew home I was struck by how different it appeared in comparison to how it seemed when I arrived for ...

Cheap as chips! from letterfromthailand 359 days old

After the trauma of spending days researching an article about the weapons sprinkled liberally all over Cambodian society, which had itself come hot ...

You gonna shoot me bud or what's the story? from letterfromthailand 367 days old

It was another one of those moments when you stop, exhale deeply and wonder how in the name of sweet suffering Jaysus you manage to land yourself into ...

How to buy a gun in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 371 days old

Research for the article I wanted to right about the proliferation of arms in Cambodia was going well. Weapons, it appeared, were everywhere. Signs on ...

Shoot to Thrill from letterfromthailand 378 days old

I originally decided to leave Thailand for Cambodia in the hunt for a story when a fellow Irish expat casually mentioned that the country was so awash ...

So it's basically a temple, yeah? from letterfromthailand 432 days old

My joyful journey on the scam bus from Bangkok to Cambodian capital Phnom Penh brought me to the town of Siem Reip; the main jump off point for the two ...

The Fun Bus from letterfromthailand 456 days old

[ ... ] Asia. After stopping off for a night (or two), a daily bus would tackle the final 150 miles or so to the capital.        Lone travellers are ...