I’m currently a student in a program that’s pretty… out of the box. Corporate Communications at Seneca College isn’t always what you’d expect, especially when I find myself in the middle of Allan Gardens, shouting about sex. Oh hey there, I see you’re awake now… now that I’m talking about the dirty. And you must…
This time last year I was dreaming of my upcoming trip. I spent countless hours scouring travel books and blogs, completely obsessed with finding the right items that would see me through 3-4 months on the road! The tricky part was packing for a month in India, followed by a couple of months in Southeast Asia,…
Well, the end of an era has arrived. Today I said goodbye to Beth and Jacquie, who have been my other two-thirds over the past few months. It wasn’t an easy goodbye. I cried and walked back to the hostel in Chiang Mai, as they proceeded on to a bus to Chiang Rai. Even though…
Warning: this post contains graphic images and information. For our big day of sightseeing in Phnom Penh we decided to visit the main memorial sites of the genocide that terrorized the Cambodian people from 1974-1979. I learned so much about this grim period of history, including details about the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot’s regime.…
Reflections on Month One Leaving home for this trip of a lifetime was so exciting, and yet also one of the most difficult things I have ever done. Sometimes I think it’s irritating for me to complain about things like this – many people would love to be doing what I’m doing right now –…
So, a couple of months after the fact, I am revisiting my travel blog and finishing up writing about the rest of the places I visited! Hope you enjoy. I loved Hoi An! After having spent so much time surrounded by high-rise buildings and in bustling cities, it was refreshing to be in a quieter place,…
I am incredibly excited and proud to share with everyone that I was nominated by a fellow blogger for the Liebster Award, a peer-to-peer way of recognizing new blogs that you love to read, and sharing them with everyone! Thank you to Ellis, of Ellis Goes on Holiday for nominating me and giving me the…
On a tip from Jacquie’s travel buddy Tegan, we made a booking to stay at the Mojzo Inn while we were in Nha Trang. Best decision we ever made, and best hostel we have stayed at throughout our time in Southeast Asia, hands-down. The ladies who run this hostel (Snow, Twin, Gem, Lee, and their…
Good morning Vietnam! Well, it actually wasn’t such a good morning… we got off the bus from Cambodia in the middle of one of Vietnam’s busiest cities, groggy and disoriented. We carefully negotiated a deal with a taxi driver (after waving away most of the ones who had ambushed us when we got off the…
Mui Ne is a kitesurfers paradise! We arrived late at night to the Mui Ne Backpackers resort and were greeted by the roar of the wind and the crash of the waves. We were in Mui Ne for less than 48 hours and managed to fit a lot of activities into such a short period…
After many hours of bus ride, and a jarring vehicle switch in Phnom Penh at 6am (there is no such thing as a direct bus in Cambodia), we arrived in Sihanoukville, the main city on the coast, for some well deserved beach time! We checked in to Monkey Republic, the top youth hostel in the…
On our final day in Siem Reap we hit two sites I had read about but not yet seen, and I’m glad we managed to fit them in. The first, Bayon, was one of my absolute favourites. The last stop, the Terrace of the Elephants, was appealing mostly because elephants are my favourite animal, but…
Day two of temple sightseeing was packed! We started the day off right by getting up before dawn and heading out to Angkor Wat for the sunrise. Jacquie and I found a nice spot to sit, on the less crowded side, and sat to patiently wait for the sunrise. Well, we weren’t quite patient enough.…
So anyone who does their research will know that the Temples of Angkor cannot be seen in a day… Lonely Planet literally says, “if you’ve got only one day to see the temples, that’s unfortunate.” We spent several days exploring the temples, and I took hundreds of photos, so I will be splitting our visits…
We had a fantastic time in Siem Reap, despite the fact that all of us took turns being sick… I was the lucky one, with minimal symptoms that were likely caused by the stress of feeling like I was next. In contrast to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap is a sleepy little town, but incredibly tourist…
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