Asia Stories 2026



Beijing – The Detour We Didn’t Plan Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China We landed back in Kuala Lumpur and slipped immediately into the familiar routine. Train to KL Sentral. Grab to the apartment. Done. By now we could probably manage the entire journey on autopilot. There was really only one […]

Beijing – The Detour We Didn’t Plan   Recently updated!


A Month in Bangkok – Markets, Movies and a Change of Plan Back to Bangkok, Thailand And so, rather sooner than expected, we found ourselves back in Bangkok. Back at Mo Chit New Bus Terminal. Still apparently new. We ordered a Grab. This should have been simple. It wasn’t. We […]

A Month in Bangkok – Another Change of Plan   Recently updated!


Prachuap Khiri Khan – And a Change of Plan Bangkok to Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand Bangkok’s Mo Chit New Bus Terminal was exactly what you would expect from a major city bus station. Chaos. Organised chaos, perhaps, but chaos nonetheless. I am not entirely sure why it still has the […]

Prachuap Khiri Khan – And a Change of Plan   Recently updated!



Back on Familiar Ground – Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and onward to Prachuap Khiri Khan After a quick stopover in Sydney to see friends and family, it was time to get moving again. Our long, slow journey north was about to begin. Although, technically, our […]

Malaysia: Returning to Kuala Lumpur   Recently updated!


We left Australia with an itinerary. Asia took one look at it and made other arrangements. The following posts tell the story as it actually happened, beginning in Kuala Lumpur and following the journey from there. Start with the first post and follow the trip through Asia 2026. Next →

Asia Stories 2026   Recently updated!