Having tried to visit Myanmar for like 10 years I was extremely excited to make it country 174! Even more exciting though was to see what the nightlife and street food Yangon scene was like. It would be fairly fair to say that Myanmar has its fair share of problems,. What with the coup’s and…
I’ve tended to have a long run of good luck with hotels in Manila, such as Selah Garden and Manila Lotus Hotel! Well that run has been broken with a failed trip to the ever popular Savoy Hotel in Manila. Why did I pick here? Mainly due to proximity to the airport, it being further…
Through my work I get to visit a lot of very interesting places, which includes the odd arms fair. And this is what led me to the Egypt Defense Expo, AKA EDEX 2023 Why would I go to an arms festival? Well part of my work does involve me being a high-risk travel consultant, so…
If you are flying from Don Mueang International Airport and want to avoid the traffic then getting an airport hotel is a good idea. Said hotels can be split into categories, actually at the airport, or a few km’s out. For the later Poolside Villas seems to be the best value. What the Poolside Villas…
For those not aware, whilst Cairo is the capital of Egypt, there is a new Egypt Capital, which has the imaginative name of New Administrative Capital. I found this out by asking our guide – who confirmed what a crap name it was. In case you are interested though it is called العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة…
While I obviously love street food, it is quite rare that something truly blows my socks off, but koshary seriously managed to do that for me in Cairo. Referred to by locals as their ultimo “soul food”, my Egyptian friends said they eat it at least once, or twice a week and I can now…
