Southeast Asia

On my previous trips to Bangkok, I’ve stayed and featured budget places to stay on the backpacking capital of Southeast Asia. Several Bangkok hostels...

A Laos immigration officer laughing at my name for no reason kicked off my Laos experience. This country is part of my 100-day backpacking...

After finally checking-in on our respective dorms, my friend and I agreed to meet at my hostel's lobby. We planned to head out and...

If there’s one destination in Malaysia that I’ve never planned to visit, it would be Kota Kinabalu. It’s proximity to the Philippines make me...

No Balinese getaway is complete without a visit to one of the island’s marvelous infinity pools or two (or ten). There is a reason...

My first day in Laos started in a jam-packed main dining table of Downtown Backpacker Hostel. It was raining when I arrived in Luang...

A midnight flight from Manila forced us to stay all night that resulted in a sleepy arrival in Tan Son Nhat Airport. Early morning...

Southern Thailand, usually called by travelers as the islands, is on Kra Isthmus, the narrowest section of the Malay Peninsula. This part of Thailand is...

Myanmar was never on my list when I started to plan for overseas trips in the early days of my travels. But a picture...

If not for Yi Peng Festival, the famous lantern festival of Northern Thailand, I wouldn’t make myself to Chiang Mai. The simultaneous release of...