SNORKELLING AROUND PALAU MAMUTIK Keen to see a bit more of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine National Park, we took a boat across to Palau Mamutik today. Mamutik is the smallest of these 5 islands and is within easy reach of Manukan Island where we’re staying – it […]
WELCOME TO PARADISE… Borneo is actually split up into 3 parts: Sabah and Sarawak (which are in the Malaysian part of the island), and Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo. The sultanate of Brunei is a separate country that sits in between Sabah and Sarawak. We’re in […]
FEEDING THE FISH OF PHI PHI ISLAND The stunning Phi Phi Islands are just off the coast, easily reachable from Ao Nang, Krabi, and Phuket. Their beauty and accessibility has made these islands extremely popular with tourists visiting this part of Thailand. We had heard so much about these […]
JUST A DAY AT THE BEACH… We left the village of Ban Na Thai this morning and made our way to Ao Nang for a couple of days of relaxing on the beach. Thailand’s beaches are famous for their pristine beauty and, having come all this way, we […]
PADDLING AROUND THE NINE DRAGONS RIVER DELTA In Vietnamese the Mekong River delta is known as the Nine Dragons delta, due to the nine branches the mighty Mekong splits into as it empties into the sea. This vast wetland region is in the far South-Eastern corner of Vietnam and […]