I had every intention of going for a nice road run in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital city. However, once I got there, the pavements transpired against me. They were badly broken up, with chunks of concrete littering the sidewalk. Running on the road wasn’t viable either. The cars, though dating from pre-sanction days, drive fast in [...]
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Ruined Pavements and High-tech Gyms in Yangon, Myanmar
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Burma, Myanmar, Yangon, Traders Hotel, Shewadagon Pagoda, Inya Lake, Kandawgyi Lake, Gym on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jogging around Burma’s ancient kingdom of Bagan
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Bagan, Buddhism, Burma, Myanmar, South East Asia, Stupas, Temples, Tourism, Trail Running on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was in Burma last week on a whirlwind tour of the country. One of our stops was in Bagan, one of Burma’s ancient cities. Over 4,000 Buddhist temples were commissioned by Bagan’s kings during a 230 year building frenzy that ended in 1287. And many of these temples still remain, strewn out across a [...]
Mountain Biking in Cool Kirirom
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Cambodia, Kampong Speu, Kirirom, Kirirom National Park, Mountain biking, Phnom Penh Wheelers on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Kirirom is a 700 metre high hill in Kampong Speu Province, 2 hours’ drive from Phnom Penh. Geoff was in town, and we wanted to show him a good time, so we headed straight for the hill. Kirirom is synonymous with mountain bikers for its wicked forest single track. It’s also the venue for annual [...]
Lucky to be alive after Road Biking to Sihanoukville
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Bokor Mountain, Cambodia, Coast, Kampot, Lexus, road accident, Road biking, Sihanoukville on January 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
5 road accidents. That’s the number of incidents I saw during a mere 240 kilometres’ cycle over New Year’s. None of them were drink related. All of them were in broad daylight. Road accident #1: I set out from my home in Phnom Penh at 7am to start ride my bike to Sihanoukville via Kampot. [...]
What I see when running in Phnom Penh
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Cambodia, Cambodia Vietnamese Friendship Park, Independence Monument, Phnom Penh, Royal Palace, Running Route, Waterfront on January 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Not many people realise how beautiful Cambodia’s capital city is. In fact, my weekday running route is pretty incredible when it comes to impressive buildings. Within one kilometre of my front door, there’s the imposing Independence Monument. Built in 1958, it commemorates Cambodia’s independence from France in 1953. Right beside it, there’s a long park [...]
Biking in and around Cambodia
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Cambodia, Kep, Mountain biking, Phnom Basset, Road biking, Silk Island, Touring on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Despite this blog being called “Running over Mountains and Around the World”, I’ve been a bit lax lately in fulfilling its mandate. I’ve been doing hardly any running. And I’ve been up very few mountains recently. Instead, I’ve been spending my time doing loads of biking in different forms. In October I cycled down to [...]
What it’s like to write a book
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Amazon, Kindle, Marketing, Paperbacks, Self Publishing, Smashwords, Wicklow Round on November 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Back in July, I published my book, “Mud, Sweat and Tears – An Irish Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery”. And what a journey it’s been. Writing it was the easy part. I had just been laid off from my job in Ireland in 2009 and had moved to Vietnam with my other half. I lived off [...]
Flooded Cambodia
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Cambodia, Disaster, Emergency, Floods on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thailand’s floods have dominated the international headlines in recent days. Cambodia, its next door neighbour, has not fared any better in the current rainy season. The country is now experiencing the worst floods in a decade. 247 people have died over the last 2 months. Over 100,000 people are still displaced. 16% of the country’s [...]
Successfully finding somewhere to run in urban sprawl Seoul
Posted in Running around the World, tagged Korean War, Osan, Seoul, South Korea on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I spent last week in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It prides itself as the world’s largest metropolis with over 25 million inhabitants. The city itself goes on and on, covering over 600 square kilometres of space despite its numerous skyscrapers. Finding a place to run was always going to be a challenge. That, [...]
Saddened at 9/11 Memorial Site
Posted in Running around the World, tagged 9/11 Memorial Site, New York on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve visited many sites of tragedy. I’ve been to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where over 1 million Jews were exterminated. I’ve visited Kigali’s Genocide Memorial Site, where the 1994 Rwandan killing of 20% of the country’s population over 100 days is remembered. I work a 10 minute walk from Toul Sleng, a former prison where Cambodia’s [...]
Random Running Thoughts…
- Ruined Pavements and High-tech Gyms in Yangon, Myanmar http://t.co/DdTPPeac 4 days ago
- Jogging around Burma’s ancient kingdom of Bagan - the best way to sightsee its 4,000 ancient temples http://t.co/Cnqs3sj3 1 week ago
- The runner whose shorts were 'too revealing' - http://t.co/zS5fQR2f 1 week ago
- Cambodia's Sihanoukville Bike Race & Ride on Saturday 10th March: http://t.co/Rfz0mSOA 1 week ago
- Mobile phones dead expensive in Burma... phone attendants on the street THE way to make a call. http://t.co/Z2Z6rZ9u 1 week ago
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