KAMPOT NOT QUITE GOT THE LOT
Let me tell you about my little town Kampot Cambodia, a town I only heard about because I have friends here. Firstly there are no multinational fast food outlets so if you crave KFC or Maccas you have to travel 4 hours on a bus to Phnom Penh. There are no big supermarkets here, no 7/11’s lots of little family run mini marts stocking basics. … Continue reading KAMPOT NOT QUITE GOT THE LOT
ROOM WITH A VIEW
I will miss my view when I move in 10 days. I have an incredible fantastic view from my Casablanca feeling room with its shuttered windows. The view has changed a lot since I moved here in mid September. How can a view change ? Well they chopped the leafy Indian Elm down that cosseted my room and gave me comfort in its age and … Continue reading ROOM WITH A VIEW
I JUST WANT TO BOIL AN EGG
It has been a quite week here in many ways for me. A week of constantly reading fire updates from Australia. My old home and area of Wandiligong which is in the High country of Victoria was and is under great threat . All my friends evacuated including my ex husband who still has a firewood yard and timber stocks. Thankfully in this last fire … Continue reading I JUST WANT TO BOIL AN EGG
KAMPOT WELCOMES 2020
A happy 2020 to all of us in this world. Let it be the year of change in a good way. I’ll start with the events of Christmas day, the reason my friend KekSoon celebrates it is because she was a maid in Malaysia for an English family for 8 years and embraced not the religious but the day itself where a family comes together … Continue reading KAMPOT WELCOMES 2020
KAMPOT CHRISTMAS
Happy holidays to all. I am sitting outside my digs watching the river flow by as the Cambodian sun beats down. Its 9.30 am Christmas Day 2019. Christmas is only big with the expats here, luckily many of the cafes are run by expats mainly French who have some decorations up, my hotel however is run by an Englishman. Decoration wise there are 2 trees … Continue reading KAMPOT CHRISTMAS
12 TRAVEL TIPS,12 PROS, 12 CONS 12 MONTHS SOLO TRAVELLING S.E.ASIA
WOW 12 months ,as a solo mature female traveller, what have I learnt, what my negatives are, what my positives are. Before you travel you must be tolerant, resilient, patient, adaptable, respectful. 12 TIPS. I have learnt to say hello, , thankyou, goodbye, and yes/ no. in 4 languages. I have forgotten them once I leave the country but they were ice breakers, they showed … Continue reading 12 TRAVEL TIPS,12 PROS, 12 CONS 12 MONTHS SOLO TRAVELLING S.E.ASIA
AFTERMATH AVOCADOS ORCHIDS
I have read on many blogs and travel related articles about post holiday blues. The KRWF was filled with singing the blues from rock to Indi to country, poems of blues , colours of the blue neon lights. But nobody told me about the blues I would feel when the party was over and my good friend and new friends disappeared up the highway to … Continue reading AFTERMATH AVOCADOS ORCHIDS
