Despite ludicrous claims to being the friendliest country on earth, in fact Thai’s seem to have a love hate relationship with foreigners, meaning getting arrested in Thailand ass a foreigner is not all that difficult. In fact even by writing this I may well be putting myself on the chopping block, particularly as it is…
Airport hotels tend not to be the most interesting places in the world, but in Kuala Lumpur and Tune Hotel in particular they have made this an art form. I was to end up here (again) due to Air Asia giving me an impossible flight connection. Thankfully it they also provided me with a $30…
Sometimes work takes me to really cool places, and this is how I died up at Tabo Cottages on Samosir Island, the largest “island within an island” and the 4th largest lake island inn the world. Said trip occurred after my late arrival to Medan and involved me getting off a plane and then having…
Despite being a capital city there really is not all that much to do in Port Moresby, meaning that the Stilt Villages are somewhat of a highlight. Why is there so little to do in Port Moresby? Sadly this is mostly down to the fact that Port Moresby, known as POM is just not all…
Port Moresby has a plethora of hotels, but they range from the good, bad to very ugly. The Lamana Hotel though seems to exist in that very sweet spot in the middle. And for us it was actually an accident that we found it, with the Crown Hotel being full. This meant that we ended…
While most cities in Papua New Guinea are not hotel friendly, Port Moresby (Pom) is an outlier and has choice. Alas the Holiday Inn Port Moresby, is now at least not all that much cop. This is in contrast to The Hilton, Lamana and even the Crown. What is it though that makes the place…
