Sitemap - 2020 - Couchfish
A short admin note + Happy New Year
Couchfish Day 180: Into the jungle. Sort of. Not really.
Couchfish Day 179: A quick look around Nha Trang
Couchfish Day 178: Ong Nam. Does Yersin need a closer look?
Couchfish Day 176: Rinse and repeat
Couchfish Day 175: Down the coast to Cà Ná
Couchfish Day 174: Meeting a returnee in Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm
Couchfish Day 173: A day trip to Mui Ne
Couchfish Day 172: Little Russia
Couchfish Day 171: The $3 tour
Couchfish Day 170: How to finish Chợ Lớn
Couchfish Day 169: How to start Chợ Lớn
Couchfish Day 168: Tourist for a day
Couchfish Day 167: HCMC is not a city—each city block is
Couchfish Day 166: First time to Saigon
Couchfish Day 165: The road is long and hard
Couchfish Day 164: Cai Rang part 2
Couchfish Day 163: Cai Rang part 1
Couchfish Day 162: On the Mekong Delta’s floating markets
Couchfish Day 161: Eating Vĩnh Long
Couchfish Day 160: To market to market
Couchfish week 32: On learning to not dive
Couchfish Day 159: Snakes alive in An Bình
Couchfish Day 158: A homestay in Bến Tre
Couchfish Day 157: Ba Động—a long ride to a whole load of nothing
Couchfish Day 155: Horny spears in Sóc Trăng
Couchfish Week 31: Single serving friends
Couchfish Day 154: The Bạc Liêu bird park of death
Couchfish Day 153: A bridge to nowhere
Couchfish Day 152: Dropped from the sky and never seen again
Couchfish Day 151: A tattoo in Rạch Giá
Couchfish Day 150: Time goes fast, Southeast Asia is big
Couchfish Week 30: Six degrees of separation
Couchfish Day 149: Pirates for a day
Couchfish Day 148: A slow day around Hà Tiên
Couchfish Day 147: Boat, buses, vans, scooters, hủ tiếu
Couchfish Day 146: A Koh Rong Samloem sunset
Couchfish Week 29: The unending smallness of Java
Couchfish Day 145: To the lighthouse
Couchfish Day 144: Are you a travel writer?
Couchfish Day 143: Are we there yet?
Couchfish Day 142: A roll around Koh Rong’s beaches—part 2
Couchfish Day 141: A roll around Koh Rong’s beaches—part 1
Couchfish Day 140: Koh Rong. What could go wrong?
Couchfish Day 139: To reach heaven one must pass through hell
Couchfish Day 138: Salt and pepper
Couchfish Day 137: Kampot’s west bank
Couchfish Day 136: Bokor Palace over the years
Couchfish Day 135: Crab is not a first date meal
Couchfish Day 134: Crabs, an elephant, and bauk
Couchfish Day 133: Travel, interrupted
Couchfish Day 132: To the riviera
Couchfish Day 131: Phnom Penh, my perfect day
Couchfish Day 130: Silk and sun
Couchfish Day 129: A museum, some food and a roof top bar
Couchfish Day 128: Some great places to stay in Phnom Penh
Couchfish Day 126: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Couchfish Week 26: The way to a traveller’s heart is through their stomach
Couchfish Day 124: A love letter to Phnom Penh
Couchfish Day 123: What is it with Oedipus and Kompong Cham?
Couchfish Day 122: Wat Maha Leap
Couchfish Day 121: Parroting nonsense in Kompong Cham
Couchfish Week 25: Good people make a perfect place all the better
Couchfish Day 120: Dramas on Koh Trong
Couchfish Day 119: A day with the dolphins
Couchfish Day 118: Sen Monorom
Couchfish Day 117: The Death Highway
Couchfish Day 116: A forest graveyard
Couchfish Day 115: Of ogres and a volcanic lake
Couchfish Day 114: Stung Treng
Couchfish Day 113: To Don Dhet
Couchfish Week 23: A weird hotel
Couchfish Day 112: Don Daeng and Um Tomo
Couchfish Day 111: The worldview of a mighty empire
Couchfish Day 110: Parting ways and south again
Couchfish Day 109: From good to bad to what?
Couchfish Day 108: The missile
Couchfish Week 22: Why do people travel?
Couchfish Day 107: You won the battle, but the war is not over
Couchfish Day 106: How long is a long time?
Couchfish Day 105: The haunted Sekong Hotel
Couchfish Day 104: The Broken Bridge, Salavan
Couchfish Week 21: Travellers behaving badly
Couchfish Day 102: The benefits of slowing down
Couchfish Day 101: South to Pakse
Couchfish Day 100: One hundred days in review
Couchfish Diversion 16: Châu Đốc
Couchfish Day 99: “Build it and they will come”
Couchfish Day 97: Dead ends and frontiers
Couchfish Day 96: The 17th Parallel
Couchfish Diversion 15: Do Don Khon
Couchfish Day 95: Down to earth
Couchfish week 19: Death Island
Couchfish Day 92: The reunification express
Couchfish Day 91: The fiery furnace
Couchfish Day 90: Oops Visa! + Welcome Cindy
Couchfish Diversion 14: Two islands, two beaches
Couchfish Day 88: The sweetest smell
Couchfish Week 18: The artefact smuggler
Couchfish Day 87: A wrap on the Dien Bien Phu loop
Couchfish Diversion 13: West Sumbawa, Indonesia
Couchfish Day 85: Halfway back to Hanoi
Couchfish Day 84: Back over the hill to Mù Cang Chải
Couchfish Week 17: I need a gun
Couchfish Day 83: Misadventures on the road back from Bắc Hà
Couchfish Day 82: Misadventures on the road to Bắc Hà
Couchfish Day 81: Hello Fansipan
Couchfish Diversion 12: You should have been here yesterday. Really?
Couchfish Day 79: Hello Hellhole
Couchfish Week 16: You don’t bat for the other side
Couchfish Day 78: Over the hill to Sapa
Couchfish Day 77: Landslides, Sin Ho and onwards
Couchfish Day 76: To Muong Lay ... the long way
Couchfish Day 74: Dien Bien Phu
Couchfish Week 15: The unluckiest traveller on earth
Couchfish Day 73: Son La “Hey old man, I’ll buy you a coffee”
Couchfish Day 72: A day in the life
Couchfish Day 70: Exploring Mai Chau
Couchfish Day 69: Hanoi to Mai Chau—the long way
Couchfish Week 14: Would you like my daughter? I’ll be back in a week.
Couchfish Day 68: Checking in on Uncle Ho
Couchfish Day 67: A museum, a wander and a flaming cocktail
Couchfish Diversion 11: Kompong Thom, Cambodia
Couchfish Day 66: A market and a bridge in Hanoi
Couchfish Day 65: Hello Vietnam
Couchfish Day 64: The worst day of travel. Ever.
Couchfish Day 63: The caves of Vieng Xai
Couchfish Day 62: Night Safari
Couchfish Diversion 10: Hue’s old city
Couchfish Day 61: The Blair Witch never went to Hua Phan
Couchfish Week 12: The fabulist
Couchfish Day 59: Jars, spoons and a lunatic
Couchfish Day 58: UXO and a cave massacre
Couchfish Day 57: Plain of Jars Site 1
Couchfish Day 56: On the road to Phonsavan
Couchfish Day 55: Travel day + your questions answered
Couchfish Week 11: Never trust a French arms dealer
Couchfish Day 54: Muang Ngoi & the people you meet
Couchfish Day 53: DIY on the Nam Ou
Couchfish Diversion 9: Lombok’s Eastern Gilis
Couchfish Day 51: Dreaming of the boat to Nong Kiaow
Couchfish Day 50: Sticking rice in the ground, bears and a waterfall
Couchfish Week 10: The Boxing Day Tsunami and Covid19
Couchfish Day 49: Moon on the river
Couchfish Day 48: A legacy of war
Couchfish Diversion 8: Sangkhlaburi
Couchfish Day 47: Chompet—a ride on the wild side
Couchfish Day 46: Two temples and a spot of gardening in Luang Prabang
Couchfish Day 45: On tak bat and UNESCO in Luang Prabang
Couchfish Week 9: That day the bus would have been a better choice
Couchfish Day 44: To Luang Prabang
Couchfish Day 43: On a slow boat with a competitive traveller
Couchfish Day 42: The Gibbon Experience part 2
Couchfish Diversion 7: Forget time at Lupa Masa, Malaysia
Couchfish Day 41: The Gibbon Experience part 1
Couchfish Day 40: Downriver to Huay Xai
Couchfish Week 8: Of eating brains and a Burmese boat trip
Couchfish Day 39: Noodles and Xieng Kok
Couchfish Diversion 6: Ko Sukorn, Thailand
Couchfish Day 37: Out of the Nam Ha
Couchfish Day 36: Into Nam Ha NPA
Couchfish Day 35: On the road to Luang Nam Tha
Couchfish Week 7: On learning to dive
Couchfish Day 34: On the Nam Ou
Couchfish Day 32: Ecotourism, Udomxai style
Couchfish Diversion 5: Sa Dec, Vietnam
Couchfish Week 6: A close call on the road to Phongsali
Couchfish Day 28: Into the hills
Couchfish Day 27: To the salt mine
Couchfish Diversion 4: Munduk, Indonesia
Couchfish Day 26: Out of the jungle
Couchfish Day 25: Nan, into the jungle and under the ground
Couchfish Week 5: Your arm, I need it!
Couchfish Day 23: Around Phrae
Couchfish Diversion 3: Pu Luong, Vietnam
Couchfish Day 21: Thailand’s Niagara Falls
Couchfish Day 20: Phu Hin Rong Kla
Couchfish Week 4: Always get out of the boat. Part II
Couchfish Day 18: Si Satchanalai and Chaliang
Couchfish Day 17: Sukhothai Historical Park
Couchfish Diversion 2: Kien Svay, Cambodia
Couchfish Week 3: Always get out of the boat. Part I
Couchfish Day 14: Every town is worth a night
Couchfish Day 12: The Death Highway
Couchfish Diversion 1: Ko Taen, Thailand
Couchfish Day 11: Mae Sot and the Burma border
Couchfish Day 10: Khlong Lan National Park
Couchfish Week 2: “You’re a lucky man”
Couchfish Day 9: Kamphaeng Phet
Couchfish Day 8: Temple of the Buddha’s footprint
Couchfish Day 6: Outside Ayutthaya
Couchfish Day 5: Inside Ayutthaya
Couchfish Week 1: 10 baht. I take you anywhere
Couchfish Day 3: Touching the Old City