Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
A Southeast Asia travel blog. Featuring trip ideas for backpackers and budget travellers, tips on where to go, how to travel and how to save money on the road.
You could be in a café in Quito or a rickety bus in Kenya but it is a small street in Thailand that bizarrely continues to strike a chord with travellers as the centre of the backpacking universe. With Thailand still the most popular country in the world for backpackers, it seems every other traveller […]
When travelling to Thailand, one of the best things you can do is eat! In this country, you can enjoy all the lovely flavours in one bowl. I’m fortunate enough to be staying and travelling around Asia where I can always have access to Thai food. But of course, nothing beats getting them in the […]
As the world’s largest and most populated continent, Asia is an incredibly diverse place with a wide range of popular travel destinations. In this post we will run down the five most visited countries in Asia according to official UN figures for global tourism. The figures quoted are for 2018 as some countries have not […]
Cambodia is a very popular backpacking destination in Southeast Asia and while visitor numbers are ever increasing, it retains plenty of its old charm. Less chaotic and more relaxed than its large neighbours Vietnam and Thailand, anyone backpacking Cambodia will discover a nation of great contrasts. It is home to magnificent temples, beautiful countryside and […]
For those of you who didn’t pay attention in Science classes at school, full moons occur on the same date everywhere in the world once every 29 or 30 days. On this page we will look at when and where the world’s biggest full moon parties take place. Note that some of the popular backpacker […]
The experience of backpacking Thailand has changed dramatically over the past twenty years and some would say for the worse but travellers continue to flock to the so-called ‘land of smiles’ in ever-increasing numbers. This page gives you an idea of what a typical Thailand backpacking route might look like. It’s most applicable to travellers […]
Travellers in Southeast Asia often leave with fond memories of Northern Vietnam, a region which retains so much of its cultural heritage and still feels like a step into the unknown in comparison to the more commercialised travel hotspots further south and in neighbouring Thailand and Cambodia. Read on for our top five backpacking destinations […]
As well as having a really cool name, Yogyakarta has much to wow even the least easily impressed traveller. It’s not a massive town but there is so much in the surrounding area, that it is less a question of what to see in Yogyakarta, but more a question of how much you will have […]
Backpacking the Philippines is gaining popularity with budget travellers looking to escape the well trodden ‘banana pancake trail’ in Southeast Asia. The island nation on the very Eastern edge of Asia is prime for exploring with thousands of miles of coastline and beaches perhaps the biggest draw. TIME NEEDED – 4 WEEKS This route is […]
Myanmar, or Burma if you prefer, is a comparatively more difficult and frustrating backpacking destination when compared to its welcoming neighbours in Southeast Asia. However it also has a special charm that often grips first-time visitors. The country certainly offers a greater sense of stepping into the unknown than some of the increasingly samey backpacking […]
