Global Gallivanting

Global Gallivanting

Category : Travel Blog

The Multicultural Melting Pot of Georgetown, Penang

Anna
Perhaps the prime example of multicultural Malaysia in all its rich cultural diversity and fascinating history lies in historical Georgetown in Penang – an island in the north of Peninsula Malaysia, not far from Thailand. Malaysia has a really interesting history and Penang is one of the best places to......

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......