Author: thelittlebigexplorers
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The most dangerous fun you can have for $5 – the bamboo train!
A fifteen minute Tuk Tuk ride from Battambang city centre there is one of the more infamous backpacker attractions in Cambodia. It is quirky, fun, and naturally in no way complies with anything close to a health and safety regulation. It is the Bamboo Train. The train consists of small bamboo ‘carriages’ which are powered…
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Landmines, Cambodia’s deadly past
Filmed in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Landmines have left an enduring mark on Cambodia, and continue to do damage. The Cambodian War Remnant Museum in Siem Reap educates people on the causes and effects of landmines in the country.
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45 minutes in Tokyo, making the most of a quick change.
Long haul flying sucks, it really does… Once you have figured out the in flight entertainment, hopefully had some kind of vaguely edible food and if you are lucky had at least 5 minutes shut eye then there’s not much else to do other than desperately wish you could get off the plane! This is…
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Ice Cream Rolls! The ‘coolest’ snack in Siem Reap
Something that we found both novel and addictive in Siem Reap were Ice Cream Rolls. Coming in a variety of flavours and available all around the night market area, possibly the coolest thing about these was to watch them being made! The vendor would mix fruit or chocolate with sugar and cream, then pour the…
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Sunday walking street
Every Sunday the centre of Chiang Mai is transformed and a sprawling night market takes over the usually traffic filled roads! This is Sunday walking street. We had heard about this from several locals and also seen it listed on almost every town map, so at 6pm (the start time) we headed down to see what…
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The Gili Islands
A two hour ferry ride away from the madness and traffic that is Bali lie some of the most beautiful small islands that we have ever come across. Rising gently out of the sea these three small sandy islands Gili Air, Meno and T are almost completely flat and sit just off the coast of…
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Diving in Flores
With the staggering beauty of Batu Bolong or the exhilarating drift of Manta Point, we found that by far our favourite diving of South East Asia so far was in and around the Komodo national park. We dived with Blue Marlin divers who had an amazingly equipped speed boat and some of the friendliest instructors…
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Seeing dragons
The journey to Komodo national park is usually only made for one very specific reason. That reason is to see Komodo dragons. These cold blooded Giants are probably the closest thing to dinosaurs that we have left on the planet – and as they live in one very small place if you would like to…
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Cooking with Maria – A Balinese masterclass
After traveling for a month and a half in South East Asia something we had found ourselves missing enormously was being able to cook for ourselves. It’s not something you really think about before you go away but eating out every day really does get tiring – exciting as it is to try different kinds…
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