WALLY’S TRAVEL JOURNAL

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Stories from Asia.

Personal travel guides, honest hotel reviews, and local food worth the detour.


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From the Journal

  • My first impressions of the Olympus EPL5…

    So I’ve had a few weeks to fool around with my new Oly EPL5 along with the Oly 45mm 1.8 lens. As I mentioned…

  • Hong Kong – Another Home Away from Home

    I love Hong Kong. It has an incredible energy, especially at night time. However I really regret that I don’t visit Hong Kong as…

  • Awesome Malaysia

    Before my making the decision that Thailand is the place to run out my clock, I seriously considered retiring in Japan or Malaysia instead.…

  • Bangkok Supermarkets

    Guide to Shopping for Groceries in Bangkok

    It can be cheap as chips ordering a meal out on the streets of Bangkok. That’s what most locals do too because most apartments…

  • The 30 Day Thai Tourist Visa Extension

    On an older post, I wrote about the Thai tourist visa. I mentioned that you can extend each entry to 30 days for a…

  • Hangin’ Out in Hua Hin, Thailand

    The last time I visited Hua Hin was about 4 years ago with my wife and her younger sister. So my wife and I…

  • Heading to Cha Am Beach? Might as well swing by the Swiss Sheep Farm

    Returning from our little trip to Cha Am’s Puktien Beach which I wrote about on my last post my wife did a bit of…

  • Chillin’ Out in Cha-Am, Thailand

    A lot of people say that Cha Am’s beaches are not the most beautiful nor cleanest in Thailand. I agree with that statement to…

  • Finding an Apartment in Bangkok

    My Tips on Finding a Comfortable Place to Live in Bangkok I know there are a lot of people moving moving to Bangkok for…

  • JJ Market Bangkok

    JJ Mall – Chatuchak Weekend Market’s Lesser Known Little Brother

    Just like Bangkok’s MBK Mall, everyone knows about Chatuchak Weekend Market from their basic travel research about Bangkok. CWM is supposedly the largest open…

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