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Three day layover in Hong Kong

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IMG_3267After a short flight from Ho Chi Minh City, we took a bus from the Hong Kong Airport to the area where our pre-booked hotel was located. Our maps pinpointed the hotel in the middle of a city block. We got off the bus, looked around, and only saw rows of shops. Nothing resembled a hotel or guesthouse and meanwhile many Indians were asking us if we needed a guesthouse, a watch or even a SIM card for our phone. Will suggested looking down a narrow alley and see if we could find anything. Down the walkway filled with shops, we found an elevator bank and noticed some of the words matched the address from our listing. We got in the elevator trying to get to a floor we thought might match the address but only even floors were listed. After going back down, we realized there was another elevator with odd floors listed and it even had the name of our guesthouse on the floor listing. We went up to the 13th floor and Continue reading →

Food Tour in Can Tho, Vietnam

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We booked a boat and bus combo from Phnom Penh to Can Tho, Vietnam. Even though Can Tho is on the river, there apparently is no longer boat service into the town so we had to transfer to the slower bus route. The boat took us across the border and into the first main town. We could tell that we were finally off the typical backpacker trail when the boat left with only four passengers and it could have probably held about 50. The boat ride was very relaxing as we cruised down the Mekong River (it was nice to not be jostled around by the dirt roads for half the trip).

We decided on visiting Can Tho because Sara’s dad was stationed there in 1970 during the Vietnam war. It was much different than he remembered. Back then is was just a town but now it is Continue reading →

Drinking through Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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1_IMG_2674After three days exploring Siem Reap and with our flight to Hong Kong only two weeks away, it was time to continue on to Vietnam. We booked a bus to Phnom Penh to break up the trip and find a couple breweries. We lucked out because we got the last two seats which happened to be on the nicest bus since Malaysia (and it still only cost $15 pp). We even arrived on time in the afternoon! This gave us time to find transportation to Vietnam for the next morning. The rest of the day was dedicated to brewery hunting. Continue reading →

Expedition through Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Before we left on this world trip, I had a very short list of places I really wanted to see. Angkor Wat in Cambodia was at the top of the list. From the 4000 Islands in Laos, we booked travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia where Angkor Wat is located. Even though it was only 225km (140 miles), the trip took 13 hours! We took a ferry off Don Det, a minibus to the Laos border, walked across the border, took big bus to the next town in Cambodia, another minibus to Siem Reap, in between there was lots of waiting, and many dirt roads. Luckily we have become used to the travel taking much longer then the travel agents promise. There are always a few fellow travelers that are angry at the conditions of busses and the various delays. But thinking about it, I don’t know what they expect when living on $30USD per day!

Angkor Wat is a ancient complex consisting of Continue reading →