Category: Asia

7 – 21 November 2023 With our time in Cambodia over, we boarded another minivan to cross the border into Thailand. What should have been a fairly straightforward process was a long day. Our “helper” to get us across the border said “just go up the stairs” which as a group of 6 travellers we…

24 October to 7 November 2023 We left Phnom Penh on a 6 hour minibus ride north to the town of Battambang. This is the second largest city in the country behind the capital Phnom Penh. The city does not look all that big but sprawls over a very large area. It sits on the…

28 September – 8 October 2023 The last week or so has been amazing. We left Da Nang on a 12 hour train trip bound for Nha Trang. We spent 3 nights in Nha Trang relaxing and still trying to recover from COVID. We walked the streets, swam in the pool, ate at different restaurants…

22 – 28 September 2023 The 6.5 hour train trip to Da Nang went surprisingly quickly, considering the effects of COVID were lingering. The passengers on the carriage were not coughing very much which was a pleasant change. We checked into our hotel. The room was very big and had a seperate sitting area and…

14 – 22 September 2023 We believe that one of the best ways to see a country is by rail, so we’ve decided to take the train to try to see the country side and to immerse ourselves in the authentic side of Vietnamese lifestyle. We boarded our train not really knowing what to expect.…

6 – 14 September 2023 After a bumpy plane ride (which someone seemed to not notice) we arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam. Our only plans for Vietnam are that we have a 30 day tourist visa, we have 2 night of accommodation booked in Hanoi and we must leave via a land border crossing into Cambodia…