Author Description

A Retirees Guide to South East Asia, Cambodia, Vietnam, The Philippines and Laos is the second book in The Retiree Series of travel books. The books are aimed at retirees or future retirees who want to enjoy their retirement years travelling and seeing places that they maybe couldn’t afford or did not have time for when they were working and raising a family. Sixty five is the new fifty so most of us are fitter and healthier than our parents were, and when you retire there is a whole world out there waiting for you to discover it. The challenge is being able to afford and enjoy your adventures on a pension. I am often amazed at some of the people I have spoken to on my travels who, have just booked their trip through a local travel agent, and not checked prices elsewhere. Though we may have travelled on the same aeroplane, gone on the same tour or be staying in the same hotel, the price I paid was sometimes half of what they had paid. I am not backpacker, just a retiree who loves his comfort, staying in nice hotels, eating in good restaurants, drinking decent wine and cocktails and going on tours. I manage to do this on a retirement income by looking for bargains wherever and whenever I travel. This is a journal of a two month trip that I took through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos. I did this trip on a budget, surviving on my pension. During that time I ticked off many items on my bucket list, ate and drank well, saw some breathtaking sights and did some amazing things including:•The beauty of Angkor Wat and watching the sunrise over the temples.•The atrocities of the Killing Fields and S_21 Prison in Phnom Phen.•Sailed on the mighty Mekong River.•Crawled through Vietnams Chu Chi Tunnels and visited the war museum.•Explored the ancient cities of Ho Chi Min and Hanoi.•Had clothing made to measure by expert tailors in Hoi An.•Cruised Vietnams Halong Bay.•Experienced Wind Surfing in Boracay and saw Bohol’s Chocolate Hills in the Philippines. •Vi