Category: East & SE Asia
Bangkok in one day
Woohoo!! We were in Bangkok again, a city we already knew, enjoy and can get around quite easily, plus it is the best hub from where to fly pretty much anywhere in East Asia thanks to Air Asia, my favourite low cost airline. Thus, we allowed ourselves three nights prior to our flight to Bali, [...]
Battambang: the less known Cambodia
Many- if not most- travellers who make it to Battambang do so by boat either to or from Siem Reap because of the excellent scenery the trip offers. Sure, you can also travel by bus and it will be cheaper (5 vs 20 USD) but you will miss an excellent opportunity to take great pictures [...]
How to cross a street in Saigon, Vietnam
If you ever travel to this city you will find out what real traffic is all about. It might seem an impossible task, but there is a little trick that will get you to the other side. This is it.
Cambodia: Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor
Seven hours by bus from Phnom Penh is Siem Reap, the city that serves as a hub to all travellers visiting the world famous temples of Angkor. Siem Reap is- perhaps strangely- an unattractive town with many of its roads unpaved , buildings and houses lack charisma except for the top notch hotels scattered around, [...]
Angels and Demons in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I could not come up with a good title for this post until Dan Brown’s best selling novel came to my mind, and it is exactly what you will find in Phnom Pen, Cambodia’s capital. No place in the world has ever stirred so many emotions in me like this rusty yet somehow appealing city, [...]
Apocalypse Then: Visiting Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)
By the time our bus arrived to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) from Mui Ne we were 2 hours late and rain was pouring. We were surprised at how big the city is, and had no clue about where to get off or where to sleep. We were lucky. The last stop was about 50m [...]
