As pained as we felt to leave Siem Reap behind, we had one huge reason to get to Bangkok: SONGKRAN! Songkran is Thailand’s crazy new year celebration, and they signify cleansing by pouring water on each other; the water brings you good luck for the next year. It sounds calm and peaceful, but make no …
After an exciting journey back from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh (involving a two lane road turning into five lanes of traffic, because Cambodia) and a night back in the capital, we were headed to the one place everyone heads to in Cambodia: Angkor Wat. Our bus plonked us somewhere “just outside the city” of Siem …
I can’t say Phnom Penh was the destination we were looking forward to the most on our whirlwind trip to Cambodia – but for many reasons, it’s an important place to mark on the map. In fact, it’s one of the most difficult places I’ve ever visited, and not just for the lack of infrastructure …
1. They freaking LOVE karaoke Seriously. Particularly in the north, you see karaoke bars EVERYWHERE. Most Halong Bay cruises seem to have it – all except our one, it seems! Booo. However, word has it that the bars are often dens for all sorts of unlawful activity… 2. There are tiny lizards everywhere. And chickens. …
Our time in Vietnam was very much split into thirds – a week in northern Vietnam, a week in central Vietnam, and now a week in southern Vietnam. From Hoi An, we headed down to Nha Trang for some beach time, before getting back to city life and soaking up Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). …
We reached Central Vietnam, hot and sweaty. The blog introduction you really needed, of course. It’s true though, because we’d arrived on the train from rainy Hanoi and found ourselves landed in the full 35 degrees of our first destination in central Vietnam: Hué. “It’s only 2km to our hotel,” I announced to Ash, leading …
If Hanoi isn’t one of the best places we visit on this trip, then this whole adventure is going to turn out even better than I expected. Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is chaotic as it is charming, exciting as it is enchanting, and wild as it is wonderful. It was like nothing I’d ever …
