Saigon, Vietnam March 15th – 18th 2011 I used to call this place “Ho Chi Minh City” but “Saigon” just rolls off the tongue much better. It was relatively painless getting here. Caught a shared van to the border, got stamped by both Cambodian and Vietnamese immigration, then saw one of many tourist buses waiting…
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Wedding crashing in Cambodia
Svay Rieng, Cambodia March 14th 2011 It was an opportunity to experience something new and unique on my travels so I had to finally say yes to an invitation to check out a Cambodian wedding. The girl sitting beside me on the bus, Li Na, asked me once or twice and each time I said…
Short update.
I returned to Phnom Penh for a few days after Sihanoukville before deciding to go to Saigon. On the bus, I met a girl who invited me to her friend’s Cambodian wedding in a village in Svay Rieng so I decided to hop off midway through my trip and go check it out. I arrived…
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Sihanoukville, Cambodia March 8th – 10th 2011 Sihanoukville is a beach-side town about 4-5 hours bus-ride South-West of Phnom Penh. (I have never fit this many hyphenated words into a sentence before.) I’d like to point out almost every bus-ride I’ve been on has been pleasant in SE Asia, unlike India/Nepal or Africa. When you’re…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 4th – 7th 2011 I had bought a ticket for Battambang. I was waiting for my pick-up to arrive but it was late so I decided to walk to the bus ticket office, which was nearby. I saw a van with the travel agency’s name on it coming down the street…
Siem Reap, Cambodia (Angkor Wat)
Siem Reap, Cambodia March 3rd – 4th 2011 I made getting to Siem Reap harder than it was. I should’ve just bought a ticket directly to Siem Reap the day before for a morning bus. I had assumed that I could get one of the many local buses there but the locals wouldn’t cooperate in…
Poipet, Cambodia
Poipet, Cambodia March 1st 2011 Took a 5-hour bus from Bangkok to Aranyaprathet, a town at the border of Thailand and Cambodia. The tuk-tuk driver tried to drop me off at a “travel agency” to help us tourists get Cambodia visas but I knew immediately it was bullshit because we can get visas on-arrival at…
Bangkok, Thailand Part Deux
Bangkok Part Deux February 26th – 28th 2010 From Vientiane, I took a bus to the Laos/Thailand border and crossed into NongKhai. There were no more overnight sleeper bunks left so I had no choice but to take a 3rd-class seat on a 13-hour train ride. It was going to be a long, long night…
Vientiane, Laos
Vientiane, Laos February 23nd – 25th 2010 Left Luang Prabang early in the morning to catch a 9:30 am bus to Vientiane. Luckily for me, they still had seats on the tourist bus, which is more comfortable and takes a shorter time than a local bus, although more expensive of course. It was quite a…
Luang Prabang, Laos
Luang Prabang, Laos February 18th – 22nd 2010 I decided to leave Chiang Mai after only one night. It was a bit boring for me but to be fair, maybe I didn’t give it a fair chance. Perhaps, a day or two more might’ve changed my outlook. Regardless, I took a local bus to Chiang…