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Kerobokan, Bali For Long Term Travellers Like Us
Posted on April 17, 2013 | 1 CommentKerobokan in Bali is quite the intriguing mish mash of places. You can find the famous Kerobokan prison, not that you would ever want to actually visit the place. Ample fairly awesome condos, rooms, villas and houses to rent and buy can be found in Kerobokan. And, you can also... -
What Things Cost At Carrefour In Bali, Indonesia
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsOne of the first things we do when sizing up a place to stay long-term is to check out the prices in a supermarket. The bigger the supermarket the better as then you will be able to find all the things you actually need / want to help make your... -
One Pan Wonder Recipe – Sweet Corn Fritters
Posted on January 16, 2013 | 4 CommentsOne Pan Wonder Recipe – Sweet Corn Fritters Sweet Corn Fritters are very simple to make, have hardly any ingredients and are perfect for snacks on the road. If you can make use of a hostel kitchen outside of the peak hour times, make a heap of them to eat... -
Merry Christmas From Us At Magic Travel Blog
Posted on December 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsMerry Christmas! Are you as overstuffed as we are? Along with catching up with all our buddies over the last few weeks, we have had to endure (heh) a Christmas Eve dinner and a Christmas morning breakfast in Perth. We then jumped in the car and headed to Bunbury for... -
The Night Market In Taichung, Taiwan
Posted on December 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsAlthough Taichung isn’t a major tourist destination it does have quite a bit to offer. However if you make the same mistake as us and visit the city on a Monday then none of the museums or art galleries or anything like that will be open. Take note, Monday is... -
Day Trips From Taipei – Maokong Gondola and Traditional Tea Tasting
Posted on November 21, 2012 | 2 CommentsWant to see Taipei from the sky? Check out the Maokong Gondola on the outskirts of Taipei in Taiwan. Andrew and I were both a little excited about finally getting to experience the Gondolas. If it’s windy they close the gondola. Before the day we went it had been closed... -
Five Tasty Eats In Taipei
Posted on November 12, 2012 | 4 CommentsWhile we were in Taipei, we had the opportunity to cook our own meals as we were pet/house-sitting. When we weren’t cooking tasty pastas, pizzas, omelettes (and more), we were out exploring Taipei’s many food options. There are a lot of them and we certainly ate a lot. The below... -
Day Trips From Taipei – Keelung
Posted on October 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsKeelung, or Jilong depending who you ask, is a harbour city in north east Taiwan. It offers a lot of things that you would typically find near the ocean such as fresh seafood, deluxe accommodation and even a port used by Star Cruises. With a population of around 350,000 people,... -
Things To Do In Taipei – Make Traditional Mochi
Posted on October 15, 2012 | No CommentsThere is always something to do in Taipei. It is a city that never sleeps. On weekends, take a walk around any suburb and there is bound to be something happening at a park or on the sidewalk or in a parking lot. On a Saturday morning, we walked down... -
Kuala Lumpur Things To Do – Food Tour Malaysia
Posted on September 17, 2012 | 3 CommentsIf you hadn’t noticed yet, we love our food. What better way to celebrate our love of food than to join a food tour of Kuala Lumpur. We were told that we would eat so much food on the Food Tour Malaysia’s “Off The Eaten Track” tour that we would... -
Sihanoukville Accommodation – Beach Club Resort Review
Posted on September 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsWe nearly didn’t make our way to Sihanoukville in Cambodia but we are certainly glad we did. We stayed at the Beach Club Resort in Sihanoukville for seven awesome nights. We really loved it there. The resort has something for everyone and if we were to go back to Sihanoukville... -
Battambang Accommodation – Battambang My Homestay Guesthouse Review
Posted on August 26, 2012 | No CommentsWe stayed nine glorious nights at Battambang My Homestay Guesthouse just on the outskirts of the town of Battambang in Cambodia. It was one of the better accommodation choices we have made thus far. It was clean and comfortable, and the family who runs it looked after us very well.... -
Our Top Thirteen Places To Eat in Siem Reap
Posted on August 19, 2012 | 6 CommentsWarning: This post contains a lot of food. We love to eat. It always surprises us that we’re not the size of a house. The below, in no particular order, is a list of our top thirteen places to eat in Siem Reap. Yum! We have also created a google... -
A Food Tour In Siem Reap, Cambodia
Posted on August 18, 2012 | 3 CommentsSince we love eating so much, we decided to take a “Food Tour” while in Siem Reap, Cambodia. For $5 USD each we would to be taken around the “Old Market” in the centre of Siem Reap, be treated to a number of local delicacies, and receive a free beer with a... -
Three Places To Work In Vientiane, Laos
Posted on August 5, 2012 | 1 CommentOne of the worries of being digital nomads is constantly looking out for places to use as our office. We spent nearly two weeks in Vientiane, Laos, and we visited a lot of places to find that perfect office. The perfect place to work for us needs to have: Reliable... -
Lao-Lao, Fast Food, and Japanese Noodles in Vientiane, Laos
Posted on August 3, 2012 | 3 CommentsVientiane is the capital city of Laos. It may not be filled with high-rise buildings and business suits but it does have quite an array of international food choices. There’s plenty of run-of-the-mill food and drink to be had but we’ve focussed on 3 special options. We could have easily... -
5 Things To Do In Vang Vieng (That Aren’t Tubing or Exercise)
Posted on July 29, 2012 | No CommentsVang Vieng is a lovely Laotian town on the banks of the Nam Song river. It is mostly famous for “tubing”. Tubing is floating down the river in an inflated inner tube going from riverside bar to riverside bar drinking cut price booze. Vang Vieng also offers an array of... -
Luang Prabang Walking Tour
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 1 CommentLuang Prabang in Laos is a gorgeous city. There is a lot to see in such a small space. We have created a mini walking tour of Luang Prabang so you can see exactly what we saw on our walk through Luang Prabang. If you haven’t been yet, hopefully this... -
Luang Prabang – Baguettes and Fruit Shakes
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsHello French influenced Luang Prabang, Laos! How we love you already. Our love for this city took a whole of five minutes of walking down the street from the slow boat pier where we saw signs for sandwiches, baguettes and fruit shakes… Bread! Oh my, was that a sign... -
Mae Hong Son Loop Day 5 – Mae Hong Son to Pai
Posted on May 28, 2012 | 2 CommentsThis entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Mae Hong Son Loop Day 5 and we’re on the road again. It was time to depart the sleepy town of Mae Hong Son and head back out into the wilderness. Well, if you count cruising between towns on a... -
Khao Soi Gai – Chiang Mai’s Curry Noodles
Posted on May 13, 2012 | 1 CommentThe above is a photo of Khao Soi Gai that we ate often when staying in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The meal consists of some rich brown gravy, softened egg noodles, a chicken leg, topped with crispy fried egg noodles. It all comes with a mixture of pickled vegetables, a... -
The Cost of Living in Chiang Mai, Thailand – A Monthly Break Down
Posted on May 11, 2012 | 14 CommentsThe below is how much it cost us to live in Chiang Mai, Thailand for a full calendar month. From the 7th February 2012 to the 7th March 2012. There are many apartments on offer in Chiang Mai. Some that are a lot cheaper than the one that we stayed... -
Thai BBQ – All you can eat BBQ meat for 99 Baht
Posted on May 7, 2012 | 8 CommentsAll you can eat BBQ meat for only 99 Baht each. Who could say no to that? We certainly couldn’t. After all, 99 Baht is only around $3 and it is all you can eat meat! Thailand’s version of a barbeque can not be missed. It is a social... -
Chiang Mai Restaurant – Icedea Icecream Restaurant Review
Posted on April 30, 2012 | 4 CommentsSavoury Foods that are actually made out of icecream? Awesome! That is how we reacted when we saw the sign for an icecream concept restaurant called icedea – Ice(cream I)dea at The Ring, Nimmanhaemin Soi 17, Chiang Mai, Thailand. There was no doubt about it, we were going to... -
Bangkok Restaurant – Cabbages and Condoms Review
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsCabbages and Condoms. Get your mind out of the gutter people, we are talking about a restaurant here! And, it is a fabulous restaurant indeed. We couldn’t not visit the establishment when in Bangkok. Reviews had been read and we honestly thought we were going to enter a run of... -
Bangkok Restaurant – Rasayana Raw and Living Food Cafe Review
Posted on April 4, 2012 | 1 CommentRaw food restaurants aren’t exactly a theme. Still, we jumped at the chance to go and visit Rasayana Raw and Living Food Cafe in Bangkok to sample some raw food and we certainly were not disappointed! Finding Rasayana Raw and Living Food Cafe was a little hard. Their website did... -
Bangkok’s China Town
Posted on March 31, 2012 | 2 CommentsWithout fail, if there is a China Town in a city, we will go there. And Bangkok’s famous China Town was no exception. What a place! Walking up to the main road - Yaowarat Road – you get to see people earning their money. There are a lot of plumbing... -
Street Food In Bangkok
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 2 CommentsOur recipe for good food. Step one: Fly to Bangkok. Step two: Eat as much street food as you possibly can. The street food in Bangkok is unbelievable. The person at the next table may be flat broke or they may be worth a hundred times what you are but... -
Picking up Afternoon Tea in Phetchaburi
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsPhetchaburi in Thailand has some of the best desserts that we have found in Thailand (so far). We had been to Phetchaburi before so knew what we were up against. How many Phetchaburi egg custards, locally known as Khanom Mo-Gaeng, could we eat? Unbelievably, we shared only one custard in... -
Dim Sum in Chumphon, Thailand
Posted on March 8, 2012 | 2 CommentsDim Sum can be found almost everywhere in the world. We’re big fans and seek it out now and then anywhere we are. There were two very busy dim sum places near the hotel we were staying at in Chumphon, Thailand, so we seized the opportunity to get our fix.... -
Coupon Food Halls in South East Asia
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsFood halls using coupons instead of cash is something we’re encountered a few times in south east Asia but which we’d never seen at home in Australia. It was rather confusing the first time but its simple once you know how it works. We thought we’d explain it so you... -
Delicious Papaya Som Tam on Koh Tao
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsSom Tam is one of our favourite dishes in Thailand. It is a fully rounded raw salad consisting of green papaya, beans, tomatoes, chillies, lime and peanuts although there are a number of other ingredients that can be added to the salad like crushed baby crabs, mini eggplants or even... -
Getting Banana Pancakes on Koh Samui
Posted on February 16, 2012 | 1 CommentBanana pancakes can be found everywhere that there are backpackers in south east Asia. They are as ubiquitous as iced coffee and usually about as cheap. There is even a so called “banana pancake trail” which winds through south east Asia and is traveled by tens of thousands of sweaty,... -
Red Snapper Restaurant Koh Samui Review
Posted on February 13, 2012 | No CommentsWe went to the Red Snapper Restaurant on Chaweng Beach on Koh Samui twice in our stay on the island. The first time wasn’t a very remarkable meal. However, we spoke with the manager Daniel and he invited us to come back again. So we did! Red Snapper really is... -
Prego Restaurant – The best coffee we found on Koh Samui, Thailand
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsGood coffee can be hard to find on tropical islands in Thailand. Luckily, Prego Restaurant on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui has the answer to your prayers! We spent nearly two weeks on Koh Samui, going from restaurant to restaurant trying to source just one cup of decent coffee. At a... -
Christmas Fun on Koh Samui
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 1 CommentWe had a lovely Christmas on Koh Samui in Thailand. It was strange to be away from our family on this festive occasion, but after a couple of cosmopolitan cocktails with breakfast, we settled in to a glorious tropical island Christmas Day. Santa surprised us with some awesome usable gifts... -
How to get from Hat Yai to Surat Thani easily.
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 6 CommentsThe city planners of Hat Yai in southern Thailand thought of everything. The railway station is situated right in the centre of town, walking distance to everywhere, except the local bus station. Go figure! Organising and paying for our train tickets to Surat Thani was an easy experience. There are... -
Hat Yai in southern Thailand
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsHat Yai or Haad Yai or Had Yai depending where you see it written is a very large city in the southern Thailand. It is a lovely city full of historical buildings as well as glistening metropolitan high-rises. Pedestrian paths that are level, not broken, not taken over by... -
Laman Padi Langkwai – The Rice Museum
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsGood morning students. Today, Teacher Andrew will take us around Laman Padi in Langkawi, commonly known as the Rice Museum. It is situated at Pantai Cenang on Langkawi Island in Malaysia. We liked the Rice Museum so much that we went two days in a row! The first day,... -
They call me… Chili Bean!
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsChilies are a big part of south east Asian food. The chillies range from big red ones, which are more sweet than hot, to tiny green ones, that burn with the fire of a thousand suns. A lot of dishes also contain chopped up green beans. Little bits of green...
