Category: Asia
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GILGIT-BALTISTAN – PAKISTAN
11/4/25 – 13/4/25 After a short night of sleep in Islamabad, we were up at 4am, in theory to catch the flight from Islamabad to Gilgit at 7am. Unfortunately for us, and rather unsurprisingly, the flight had been cancelled – this meant that we had to find an alternative route to Gilgit. We walked over…
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ISLAMABAD – PAKISTAN
10/4/25 – 11/4/25 At 12:30pm KL time, my Pakistan International Airways flight lifted off, bound for Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Honestly, I’d heard some pretty poor reviews of PIA, but the flight actually wasn’t too bad – it was only 6.5 hours in length, so I couldn’t complain! The only strange thing about the flight…
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KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIA (#2)
10/4/25 En-route to Pakistan, my flight itinerary had left me with a fabulous morning layover in the Malaysian capital – enough time to head out into the city for a wander, and plenty of opportunity to fill up on food! My Batik Airways flight landed on-time in KL at a touch after 5am – and…
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AQABA – JORDAN
6/4/24 – 7/4/24 Wadi Rum was an incredible experience (even down to my goat-hair tent!), but on Saturday morning, I found myself in the back of Ibrahim’s Jeep, heading back to civilisation. I said my goodbyes, and was left in the carpark outside the Wadi Rum Village Rest House. My next destination was the Red…
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WADI RUM – JORDAN
5/4/24 – 6/4/24 I had opted to take a ride from Petra to Wadi Rum Village with Asri Tours, a minibus operator that makes the trip twice a day. Everyone in this area is well-connected, and the guy who runs Asri Tours (on the minibus, of course) contacted Ibrahim, the manager of Wadi Rum Fire…
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PETRA – JORDAN
4/4/24 – 5/4/24 There are a variety of options for getting from Amman to Wadi Musa, the town located next to Petra, ranging from local minibuses to private drivers. I opted for the middle ground – the tourist-oriented JETT bus. This company runs coaches and small buses between various sites in Jordan – it appears…
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AMMAN – JORDAN
3/4/24 – 4/4/24 Amman’s main airport, Queen Alia International, is well-equipped to handle foreign arrivals, as Jordan is quickly becoming a tourism hotspot, with travellers flocking to the kingdom to visit the ancient archaeological site of Petra, and see the vast expanses of desert at Wadi Rum. This also means that the arrivals area is…
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