Category: Travel

  • Thursday 11 August and Friday 12 August Highlights: Sri Lankan Airlines Lounge, Qantas flight home The long trip home included a 3 hour car from Hikkaduwa to Colombo, a 3 hour 10 minute flight from Colombo to Singapore and finally a 7 hour 25 minute flight from Singapore to Melbourne. I had organised a private…

  • Wednesday 10 August 2016.  Photos and Videos. Highlights: Whale and Turtle Watching, Exploring the Galle Fort. Today was my last full day in Sri Lanka before I begin the long journey home tomorrow and I wanted to make the most of it.  Late yesterday my tour guide Manoj suggested that the remaining members of the…

  • Established: 68 AD Population: 15.4 million Religion: Buddhism Capital: Phnom Penh Order of Visit: Fifty-Fifth First Visit: 21 July 2016 Last Visit: 25 July 2016 Duration: 4 Days Must Do: Angkor Wat, Phare Cambodian Circus, S-21 Prison, Khmer Rouge Killing Fields, as many temples as possible at Siem Reap Places Visited: Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh, Siem…

  • Official Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Established: 2 September 1945 (Independence from France),  2 July 1976 (Reunification) Population: 96,208,984 (2019 census) Religion: 73.7% No religion, 14.9% Buddhism, 8.5% Christianity Language(s): Vietnamese Capital: Hanoi Order of Visit: Fifty Fourth  First Visit: 16 July 2016 Last Visit: 21 July 2016  Duration: 6 Days Visit Highlights: Cu Chi tunnels,…

  • Official Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic Established: 1353 (Kingdom of Lan Xang), 22 October 1953 (Independence from France) Population: 7,123,205 (2019 census) Religion: 66% Buddhist, 1.5% Christian, 32.3% Traditional or other Language(s): Lao, French Capital: Vientiane Order of Visit: Fifty Third  First Visit: 13 July 2016 Last Visit: 16 July 2016  Duration: 4 Days Visit…