Hotel Name: Hotel Zing Address: 192 Thap Phraya Road Soi 7, Phra Tamnak Hill, Pattaya, Thailand. I stayed at the Hotel Zing in Pattaya. I was already in Pattaya and when I arrived I discovered that the hotel I booked had closed down. I went to a cafe to look for a last minute booking, […]
Hotel Review: Sarnn Sukhumvit 28, Bangkok – Thailand
Hotel Name: Sarnn Sukhumvit 28 Address: 8/4 Sukhumvit Soi 28, Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand. I stayed at the Sarnn Sukhumvit 28 in Bangkok. I booked it online for its price and location on Sukhumvit Road, which is one of my preferred areas to stay in Bangkok. It’s a five minute walk from Phrom Phong BTS station, […]
Guesthouse Review: Wa Lai House, Chiang Mai – Thailand
Guesthouse Name: Wa Lai House Address: 13 Soi 3 Santisuk Road, Huay Kaew, Chiang Mai, Thailand. [Edit: This guesthouse has now closed. This review remains as an archive.] I stayed at the Wa Lai House in Chiang Mai. I picked it for its location in the Santitham area. This is one of my favourite areas […]
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge – 3 bridges and an undersea tunnel on the world’s longest sea bridge
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge opened in October 2018, making it possible to travel directly by car or bus from Hong Kong to Macau. The HKZM bridge is an overseas highway with three cable-stayed bridges and an undersea tunnel, so it’s not technically a continuous bridge. However you classify it, at 55-kilometres long it’s the longest […]
Flight Review: Bangkok Airways – Mae Hong Son to Chiang Mai
Flight: Bangkok Airways PG 352 From: Mae Hong Son (HGN) To: Chiang Mai (CNX) I flew with Bangkok Airways from Mae Hong Son to Chiang Mai. I was aware that there were flights from Mae Hong Son to Chiang Mai but I did a flight comparison with Skyscanner just to be sure. Bangkok Airways are […]
Guesthouse Review: Palm House, Mae Hong Son – Thailand
Guesthouse Name: Palm House Address: 22/1 Chamnan Sathit Alley, Tambon Chong Kham, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. I stayed at the Palm House in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. I booked it online for its price and location within Mae Hong Son. This was my first time in Mae Hong Son so I didn’t know if there […]
Guesthouse Review: Banana House, Pai – Thailand
Guesthouse Name: Banana House Address: 212 Moo 1, Pai, Thailand. I stayed at the Banana House in Pai, Thailand. When I booked I didn’t know anything about where to stay in Pai so I just booked something that looked close to the town centre. I picked the Banana House for it’s price and location. The […]
Guesthouse Review: Pakinai Guest House, Chiang Mai – Thailand
Guesthouse Name: Pakinai Guest House Address: 173 Rachapakinai Rd, Old City, Chiang Mai, Thailand. I stayed at the Pakinai Guest House in Chiang Mai. There are so many cheap guesthouses in Chiang Mai that it can be hard to pick one from the list. In the end I went with this one for its price […]
Hong Kong West Kowloon – The railway station of the Hong Kong – Beijing high-speed railway
The Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is the terminus of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway. With the opening of the station in September 2018, it’s now possible to travel from Hong Kong to Beijing in one train trip. Construction began in 2011, which is about the same time that I became a regular visitor to […]
SanVa Hotel – The last guesthouse in Macau
Hotel Name: SanVa Hotel Address: 65-67 Rua da Felicidade, Macau, China. I stayed at the SanVa Hotel in Macau. The SanVa isn’t listed on hotel booking sites, and I only knew about it as I have been here before. I was travelling around China for two months, and I went to Macau to reset my […]
