GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!!!! I am lucky enough to have a Japanese friend, Ayumi living here in HCM to show me around the city and help me acclimatise to Vietnam on my first day here. We went to the War Museum, which was a really difficult experience. We also went to see the church, post office…
I’m so looking forward to seeing Vietnam!! Got up early to catch a ferry down the Mekong River to enter Vietnam from Cambodia.. We left at 8:30 and got off the boat to Cambodia customs at 12:00. Back on the boat to arrive at Vietnam customs at 12:20. We had lunch here. Then Chau Doc…
From bio-luminescent plankton at a beach paradise to a magical forest getaway complete with fireflies dancing everywhere.. I negotiated the tuk tuk for $4 to get to Jasmine Valley, even though he insisted it was far. And yes, it was! A very bumpy ride later I arrived at Jasmine Valley, and what a hidden paradise!…
Kampong Cham is the capital city of the Kampong Cham Province in eastern Cambodia. It is the sixth largest city in Cambodia with a population of 63,771 people and is located on the Mekong River. To go to breakfast, Leak ordered one moto taxi – for the 2 of us lol Yep! 3…
Time for the beach!! There are many bus options to get to Sihanoukville. I ended up choosing a mini van for $7. For an extra couple of dollars I got a nice small air-con van that was a little quicker than a large bus. It was worth it. As usual, when we got off…
This is a really hard blog to write. Imagine your country has been in turmoil from neighbouring countries and then a ‘supposed’ saviour, fellow Cambodians (Khmer Rouge) comes along, promising hope for the future, except………”An attempt by Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25…
Onto the capital and largest city of Cambodia… Whoa!!! Pulling up at Phnom Penh (PP) I could see the tuk-tuk drivers ready to swarm us as we got off. I had done my research, so knew how much to negotiate for to get to the backpacker I wanted to try that seemed popular on the…
On my way to Phnom Penh I decided to go via Battambang.. As usual, my disorganisation caught up with me. As I went to pay the backpacker with my card, he wanted cash and my bus was due to pick me up in 5 minutes. A quick dash in a tuk-tuk to the ATM…
And my last day in Siem Reap was taken up with a cooking class.. After looking around a bit I decided on this cooking class and it didn’t disappoint.. (http://www.letigredepapier.com/en/cooking.php) I learnt to cook Amok. Well worth it! Our cooking class included a trip to the markets, and while I had been there countless times…
Today I used up my third and last stamp to see the Angkor Temples. I really wanted to see the temples on bike this time, so I hired a bike from a corner shop for a few dollars and was on my way. The road to the temples is really easy to follow and there…
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