by Kirsty | April 23, 2012 | Kyrgyzstan
The journey from Bishkek to Osh and Sary Tash and an attempt to cross the border into Tajikistan As many of you will know Central Asia has been on and off the cards for a while now. For various reasons, it nearly didn’t happen this time but at the last minute we...
by Kirsty | January 18, 2012 | Burma/Myanmar, Photo Essay
We started our four weeks in Myanmar (Burna) with a flight to the former capital, Yangon. This is the place where almost all foreign tourists start their journey as currently there are no land borders open to foreigners (it is possible to cross into the country via a...
by Kirsty | January 16, 2012 | Burma/Myanmar
When I told people we were headed to Burma the most common reaction was “Oh, it’ll be interesting to hear how things are there now and what changes are taking place”. It’s true, the timing of our visit coincided with a time in which Burma (or Myanmar since 1989) seems...
by Kirsty | June 16, 2011 | Festivals & Celebrations, Indonesia
Bali & Beyond: Travels Through Indonesia Part 4 – Death in Sulawesi It’s the funeral season in Tana Toraja (Torajaland) in the hills of the central highlands of the Indonesian island state of Sulawesi. How can you have a “funeral season”? you may well ask....
by Kirsty | May 21, 2011 | Indonesia
Bali & Beyond: Travels Through Indonesia Part 2 – Flores Our next stop from West Timor was Flores, a short and very cheap flight away. We arrived into Maumere, the island’s capital, in order to travel overland to its western point, Labuanbajo. Like many of...
by Kirsty | October 3, 2010 | India
10 September to 03 October 2010 In an effort to escape the tail end of the monsoon and the steamy humidity we decided to head to the hills – Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas to be precise. Approximately 6 weeks prior to our arrival Ladakh had experienced a...
