Travel Help

The most important advice for any traveler is to never fly on Alitalia. They messed me around and abandoned me for three days without food or water and lost my bag when all other airlines were working fine and then refused all European specified compensation.

My Travels

South America - Stories, photos and movies from my trip
Working in The Netherlands - A new job and home in pretty Holland
Singapore arrival shock - Just initial impressions
Manila Philippines - Impressions from a 3-day weekend
Brisbane and Australia - Thoughts after living in Australia for a few months
Singapore Landlady - Boring list of troubles that I had with my landlady Madam Ho Sow Fong in Singapore

Travel Links

German Planner- For all European Trains
Seat61 - International train and bus timetables
Transport for London - Government run site that gives cycle maps and boat times
OSM - Open Street Map - Maps and directions that are editable and free
RAC- Maps and directions
Streetmaps - of Britain
Google Maps - Maps of Britain
Wind Map - Aeronautical weather maps
British Tourist Board
European Travel- European Flights
Coach - British coach travel. Also Megabus - Europe and North America
Train Companies - tickets and engineering
Schedules - Train schedules
Cambridge buses by Stagecoach
Transport Direct - Government run site - now closed
Roamsure SIM - International SIM card for your phone
Cheap Flights - from Britain list of all by destination, Opodo, Open Jet, AirAsia stopped, EasyJet, Fly Be, RyanAir

Asian Airline Links

jetcost - Cheap low cost airline combinations
Skyscanner - Good for even some low cost Asian airlines
Cebu Pacific - Philippines has a low cost and single flight booking option so often the cheapest way out of Australia
AirAsia - Malaysia to Australia cheaply
Vietnam Airlines - Reliable full-service airline with a safety focus, pretty ao dai uniforms and simpler pricing can be good for last-minute flights.
Singapore Airlines - Global flights with lovely A380s and Singapore Sling cocktails !
Malaysian Airlines - Full service but sometimes cheaper deals
Nok Air - Based in Thailand
Scoot - Singapore based
NokScoot - Thailand to China
Jet Star - Unreliable late night flights but often cheap
Viet Jet - Horrible vietnamese website asking for personal details before any prices are shown and expensive last minute flights
Bangkok Airways - Based in Thailand - small
Silk Air - Singaporean small airline
Cambodian Angkor Airlines - based in Phnom Penh
Laos Airlines - Based in Vientiane Laos

Asian Travel Links

Thailand VIP buses - THailand has some wonderful secure long distance VIP bus services like Nakhon Chai Air but plenty of scams which have kids under the bus going through all your bags carefully hunting for cash or anything anonymous and precious
Jerrys Tours - Phu Quoc Islands Kiwi guide has been resident for over 8 years +84 938226021
Sisters Cafe - Modest cheap and friendly 185/30 Pham Ngu Lao, Saigon +84 903 643 446

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