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…
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…
Well I am now horribly behind in blogging! I was in Cambodia from March 1st to 13th, and have now arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I know this is a cliche… but time seriously flies when you’re having fun with your friends! I was really excited to leave India and start the next…
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.…
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