SouthEast Asia Travel Blog
Travel guides, itineraries, abandoned places, street art and off-the-beaten-path places in SouthEast AsiaHello and welcome to our SouthEast Asia travel blog. You will find all our SouthEast Asia blog posts in this section of our website.
Maybe you found our SouthEast Asia travel blog because you are considering a visiting SouthEast Asia, or perhaps you are partway through planning a trip to the region. Whatever the reason, we hope we can provide some useful resources and travel tips.
Our SouthEast Asia blog posts are generally aimed at independent travellers and backpackers like us and have a strong focus on travelling around using public transport, staying in budget accommodation and exploring off-the-beaten-path and lesser-visited places.
Birdsong at Saigon Bird Cafe in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Saigon Bird Cafe is found at Cong Doan Cafe, opposite Tao Dan Park – a place where locals show off their prized birds, socialise and drink coffee.
Reasons to visit Cambodia besides Angkor Wat
There are plenty of good reasons to visit Cambodia aside from Angkor Wat temple. A guide to the best places to visit in Cambodia beyond Siem Reap.
Back in the day: Visiting Rakhine State in Myanmar (Burma)
A look back on one of our early trips to Myanmar when we visited the temples at Mrauk-U and the tattooed Chin women Every now and then I like to write a blog post about my travelling days when I was in my early to mid-teens, which was around twenty-five years ago! If...
In Photos: Street Art in Abandoned Buildings
Street art in abandoned buildings. Often urban exploration and street art go together. A photo essay featuring graffiti and street art in abandoned places.
Where to break the journey between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia
Suggestions of great places to break the journey between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap when travelling in Cambodia. Off the beaten path travel in Cambodia.
In photos: Abandoned swimming pools
Of all the derelict places we find, abandoned swimming pools are some of the most alluring. Urban exploration at some of the world’s forsaken swimming pools
A guide to Southeast Asia’s less crowded Angkorian temples
A guide to other Angkorian temples in Southeast Asia aside from Angkor Wat. Get off the beaten path in Asia and have the temple all to yourself.
Abandoned Thailand: Unfinished Hotel in Ranong
Most people go to Ranong to visit the islands but we decided to explore an unfinished hotel instead! Part of our Abandoned Thailand series.
Faded Grandeur and Abandoned Buildings in Savannakhet, Laos
Discover faded grandeur and abandoned buildings in Savannakhet, Central Laos with its French colonial-era architecture and Mekong River mansions.
Abandoned Thailand: Railway Carriages in Chumphon
We came across these disused railway cars while wandering close to Chumphon’s active train station. Part of our series on abandoned places in Thailand.
Abandoned Thailand: Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution
Urban explorers in Thailand will want to visit Chiang Mai’s abandoned prison. In the heart of the city, it is the former Women’s Correctional Institution.
How to visit to Thailand’s Maeklong Railway Market independently
A guide to Thailand’s Maeklong Railway Market including the up-to-date Maeklong railway market train schedule. Plus: abandoned train carriages in Maha Chai.
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