Global Gallivanting

Global Gallivanting

Category : South East Asia

Thailand’s Sex Industry – The Seedy Side of Siam

Anna
Wellllllcome, Hellooooo, Come Inside! Cry gaggles of skimpily dressed young Thai girls huddled under the multitude of flashing neon pink lights along Soi Cowboy. Bangkok – one part city of golden temples, one part modern and futuristic and one part strange and seedy. Bangkok – The Oriental City Bangkok is......

Koh Rong, Cambodia’s Backpacker Paradise Island

Anna
All across Southeast Asia I heard the same 2 words whispered over and over again by backpackers and travelers – “Koh Rong.” The whispers told of an undeveloped paradise island in Cambodia, like something out of Alex Garland’s classic novel ‘The Beach’, a unspoilt tropical paradise island that was like......

Phnom Penh: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Anna
Cambodia’s Capital: Phnom Penh I wasn’t sure what to expect from Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. A city dubbed ‘The Pearl of Asia’ during the days of French Indochina but also a place forcefully evacuated by the brutal and extreme madness of the bloody Khmer Rouge regime of 1975 – 1979. Exploring......

A Dash Along the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Anna
Exploring the Mekong Delta, the rice bowl of Vietnam, can be a way to glimpse the traditional lifestyle and industries along the life giving waters of the mighty Mekong river. The Mekong is one of the longest rivers in the world and from its start in China the river meanders......