CAPTIVATED BY CAMBODIA We made it – we’re back in Bangkok! Our transit through the Cambodian/Thai border crossing at Poipet/Aranyprathet went off with nary a hitch, taking all of half an hour! We got to Poipet, on the Cambodian side, at around 10:00am after leaving Battambang at around […]
RIDING THE BAMBOO TRAIN TO BATTAMBANG’S SUNSET BRIDGE It was bitter sweet leaving Siem Reap behind this morning – we were sad to say farewell to the temples and jungle-clad beauty of Angkor, but keen to see a little more of Cambodia. Our destination for today was […]
FRIED SPIDERS – THE CLASSIC CAMBODIAN SNACK Insects deliver more protein and nutrition per kilogram of weight than beef, chicken, pork, or fish; and farming them is far less damaging to the environment that farming large livestock. According to some experts we should all be eating them, so […]
OUR FAVOURITE TOWN IN VEITNAM Hoi An is a gem of a town, located on the coast of the South China Sea in Central Vietnam. This exceptionally well-preserved city was once a prosperous trading port, the gateway through which Chinese and Japanese merchants came to sell their wares […]
THE BUMPY ROAD TO VIENTIANE Sleepy Vientiane is built along the Northern bank of the Mekong River, right on the Laos/Thai border. Laos’s capital city sits in the river valley lowlands and is hot and steamy – the kind of place where nothing happens fast and no […]
