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Georgetown, Penang

My take on Georgetown, Penang as a travel pitstop.

Georgetown, Penang

My take on Georgetown, Penang as a travel pitstop.

Itchy Feet

It’s time for a change of scenery…and a sensibly priced pint of the black stuff.

REALLY at the Beach, Ko Phi Phi Style

 
If you can remember as far back as my last post (bad blogger! Bad!), you’d know I had got as far as Phuket on my round the houses trip south through Thailand to either Koh Phi Phi or Koh Lanta.
That was a month ago, give or take a sunny day or two.
After just a couple […]

Finally at ‘The Beach’

It’s taken a while, but today I got my first taste of The Beach…well, kind of, anyway.

Watch Out, Watch Out, there are Robbers About

After the last round of travel roulette in Surat Thani, I end up in Phuket Town. A super journey tainted only by a cruel tale of deception and thievery.

Community News

Ubertramp.com Budget Traveller’s Community: Update»

A little while ago, I put an obscene amount of time into creating a community aspect to the site. Being my first venture into such things, I didn’t know if it would take off or not but wanted to launch it nonetheless as I truly believed there was still a place for it.
If I was […]

Travesphere

Picks from the Travesphere»

Just recently, Richard, from A Month in Venice, wrote a post detailing a few of his favourite Travel Blogs. He also invited other bloggers to add to this list with their own favourites from the travesphere.
Being indecisive, I couldn’t narrow it down to just one addition so I just had to say what the hell […]

Cheapskate Friday

Couches, Couches Everywhere and Now a Place to Sleep!»

Thanks to a handful of increasingly popular hospitality exchange websites there’s now a new way to make friends and backpack for less - in fact, it could be a whole new way to travel. Increase your couch karma and get with the program!