by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Apr 8, 2020 | Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Travel, Travel Stories, Vietnam
The other day, Good ‘ol Facebook memories flashed up a pretty weird incident that happened when I was backpacking around Thailand 3 years ago, my first ever experience of police corruption in Asia! The incident went down like this… One night I was out partying in the...
by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Apr 10, 2017 | Cambodia, Thailand, Travel, Travel Tips
Crossing the Thai Cambodian border (Poipet-Aranyaprathet) puts fear in the heart of even the most seasoned traveller. Stories of being ripped off, scammed and intimidated are pretty common in traveller circles. But fear not! It is totally possible to escape scam free...
by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Mar 19, 2017 | Thailand, Travel
Before coming to Thailand this time round the only thing I knew about Koh Phi Phi, a small collection of islands in the Andaman Sea between Krabi & Phuket, was that it was where the Leonardo DiCaprio film “The Beach” was filmed. Although the movie, was...
by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Mar 6, 2017 | Thailand, Travel, Travel Stories
Before I came to South East Asia I knew that at some point I would probably, weeeeeell, DEFINITELY need to ride a scooter. It’s the number one mode of transport in this part of the world and there are few local buses or trains on the islands. Hiring a car is almost...
by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Feb 27, 2017 | Thailand, Travel
Ok, I’m gonna put it out there, Koh Lanta is my favourite place in the whole of Thailand. Granted I haven’t been to every island, beach or town in this amazing country, but what I do know is that I absolutely fell in love with the island and would go back in a...
by EatTravelRaveRepeatAdmin | Feb 21, 2017 | Eat, Street Food, Thailand, Travel, World Food & Drink
I’m sure you’ve heard all the stories about how inexpensive Thailand is, that you can buy pretty much buy everything for pennies?! Well, depending on which currency you’re converting from that may or may not be true. In the three years since my last visit to the land...