Through my work I get to visit a lot of very interesting places, which includes the odd arms fair. And this is what led me to the Egypt Defense Expo, AKA EDEX 2023 Why would I go to an arms festival? Well part of my work does involve me being a high-risk travel consultant, so…
If you are flying from Don Mueang International Airport and want to avoid the traffic then getting an airport hotel is a good idea. Said hotels can be split into categories, actually at the airport, or a few km’s out. For the later Poolside Villas seems to be the best value. What the Poolside Villas…
For those not aware, whilst Cairo is the capital of Egypt, there is a new Egypt Capital, which has the imaginative name of New Administrative Capital. I found this out by asking our guide – who confirmed what a crap name it was. In case you are interested though it is called العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة…
While I obviously love street food, it is quite rare that something truly blows my socks off, but koshary seriously managed to do that for me in Cairo. Referred to by locals as their ultimo “soul food”, my Egyptian friends said they eat it at least once, or twice a week and I can now…
At some point I will do a whole street food Yangon, or street food Myanmar blog, but for now I will settle for a little gem I found, lime fruit salad in Yangon. As with most great finds this was indeed accidentally found when we went to visit the main temple, namely the Shwedagon Pagoda….
Really quite like anything else in other cities of the world, the Circular Train Yangon is one of the best ways to not just travel around the city, but also to do a scenic tour. What is the circular train Yangon? It is quite literally exactly what it sounds like it is and that is…
