rexyedventures

5th-8th May 2012 After a long day revisiting the atrocities of Cambodia’s dark past, the three of us definitely needed to chill out and get some happiness! Spending the previous night having a few drinks with some Americans at the local rooftop bar (ending with one said American sitting bare arsed on Alannah’s bed next … Continue reading »

Pulling into Phnom Penh after a day of pleasant travelling from our activities at Siam Reap, we arrived fresh, and ready to explore the capital of Cambodia. Let me tell you that Cambodia has the best buses EVER and I actually slept….actually I passed out before Matt injects into this post. Yes, I was out … Continue reading »

After doing lots of templing at Angkor where my attempts to recreate tomb raider was failed as it was met with comments how cool my trousers are! They are pretty cool. Cool trousers for a cool dude. But as we were staying in Shadows of Angkor Guesthouse, we wanted to explore Siam Reap as well. … Continue reading »

1st May 2012 Still loving the temples of Angkor and taken aback by the beautiful sunrise over Angkor Wat itself showing its godlike presence, it was time for tomb raiding! Why? One of the temples is called Ta Prohm and it’s where Tomb Raider was filmed with the delicious Lara Croft aka Angelina Jolie (I … Continue reading »

31st April 2012 After a great day of exploring the Little Circuit of Angkor yesterday, it was definitely time to bring out the big guns today…just. It is 4.30am that we woke up and we were about to see the most famous building in the first rays of the sunrise. Taken there by our legendary … Continue reading »

30th April 2012 So Matt and I finally arrived in Siam Reap after a loooong 16 hour bus journey from Laos. You know what? It was gonna prove to be worth it. After meeting up with Alannah, who couldn’t stop raving on about Siam Reap, I was looking forward to what it will hold but … Continue reading »

29th April 2012   Waking up, I was happy that we were finally leaving Laos to cross into Cambodia after all the money troubles the last couple of days.   Laos has been amazing and completely different to Thailand. And I would absolutely come back to Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng in the future. Eyes … Continue reading »

27th – 28th April 2012 Arriving at Don Kong, the main island of 4000 islands (Si Phan Don), after the Pakse bus fiasco, we were pretty stunned to how quiet the main street was. Hungry and thirsty, we stopped off at a local restaurant overlooking the Mekong River at its widest and slowest since Tibet, … Continue reading »

27th April 2012 Constantly travelling the last 3 days on local buses and tuk tuks from Vang Vieng to Kong Lo Cave then back to Thakek did not end here. We still had more travelling to do! If you look at a map of Laos, you will see that the country is very thin but … Continue reading »

26th April 2012 Kong Lo Cave, hidden in the rural jungle of Laos, is reputed to be one of the most creepiest places places on Earth. I definitely thought that when my headlight flickered off halfway through the 7.5km long tail boat journey in the dark, I was in a boat full of strangers and … Continue reading »

Waking up peacefully and enjoying those few moments of wondering where you are, the reality of where I was came crashing down on me and I fought with the mosquito net covering me.   I’m in Thakek. And the guesthouse was bugging me. Literally. Turning over to see hordes of ants scuttling around me and … Continue reading »

24th April 2012   It was time to leave Vang Vieng after some tubing and caving and our booked bus to Thakek halfway down Laos loomed.   The bus was billed as VIP, with aircon and came with a toilet. We (Leonie, Lauren, Alannah , Matt, Muriel and I) boarded the bus to go to … Continue reading »

23rd April 2012   Waking up feeling refreshed after getting tubed out yesterday, and then watching more episodes of Friends with our breakfast, none of us were in the mood for another tubing experience and wanted to do something else.   We heard from other people we met that there was a Blue Lagoon nearby … Continue reading »

21st – 22nd April 2012   Recovered from the roller coaster journey by taking a loooooong shower and a power nap, my headache was finally gone and it was time to get looking round. It was already late afternoon and Matt, Alex and I decided to have a look round while Lauren and Leonie went … Continue reading »

21st April 2012 After an amazing couple of days in luang prabang visiting the kuang si Waterfalls and biking round the romantic city, I regretfully left on a minibus headed to vang vieng, reputedly the party town of south east Asia. Many a backpacker and blogger have told me they absolutely loved the place where … Continue reading »

20th April 2012 I love Luang Prabang. Love, love, love it. Love squared. Love infinity squared. You can see how much I love it.   Kuang Si Falls and the sleepy architectural beauty made me fall hard after just one day. I could see myself living here… (Mum, I’m not. you can relax. You’ll definitely … Continue reading »

18th – 19th April 2012   Reading my guidebook on the Slowboat to Luang Prabang, it was mentioned that the place is the most romantic in SE Asia. Naturally I scoffed at this and more than often, my guidebook and I had various disagreements in opinions. So I wasn’t really expecting to massively agree with … Continue reading »

Just to sidetrack from my travels and I would like to thank my mate Luke for sending over the pics he took on his Camera. He’s pretty well travelled and gave me some great advice about Australia. Here’s more pics! Love them! If you want to know more about my experience at the tiger kingdom … Continue reading »

  17th-18th April 2012 After the long travel overnight from Chiang Mai to Chang Khong to cross the border into Laos at Huay Xai, I was pretty happy Being in Laos and looking forward to the Edventures then! Crossing the border control, John, Matt and I were whisked to the Slowboat office, who we booked … Continue reading »

17th April 2012 Waking up with a blissful ignorance, I soon realised where I was, the hotel from hell. Checking around for the dead cockroaches that kept springing back to life, I was relieved to find them still squashed on the floor.   However, I was okay, I felt totally different today…I had bundles of … Continue reading »

30th March 2012   Taking advice from Caroline of Life is Limitless, a travel blogger I met in Bangkok in NapPark, I decided to go on a River Cruise down Mae Nam Chao Phraya (the river that runs through Bangkok).   It was pure coincidence that Caroline and I met. We were sat round in … Continue reading »

29th March 2012 After a long day of sightseeing in Bangkok seeing The Grand Palace and Wat Pho, the hot weather that reached a scorching 38 degrees centigrade forced me back to the hostel for much needed air con relief. And boy, was I glad I did.   NapPark Hostel, once a week, hold game … Continue reading »

So how did I go about finding the right route for me when I went to book flights for my RTW Solo Trip? Many people have asked me this recently and I often just stop and unbelievably have forgotten why! So this post to remind myself and also tell you WHY I have chosen this … Continue reading »

Going on from my previous post on 6 challenges facing a deaf person on their solo travel, I thought I’d give you a funny and optimistic view of what benefits there are facing a deaf person on their solo travels! Here are some of them!   1) Better seats – ‘hello sir, welcome to our … Continue reading »

Thought it should be high time to talk about myself as a deaf person on the cusp of backpacking solo abroad. Is there anything I should take into account? 1) The dreaded Tannoy. Every time I’m at the train/bus station and it is needed to inform of a change of platform, bus, cancellation or delays, … Continue reading »