March 16, 2016 We take a four hour, air horn blaring bus ride from the hill city of Da Lat, Vietnam to the seaside resort of Mui Ne, Vietnam. The bus doesn’t stop where we thought it was supposed to (we hear this is common in Vietnam) and we end up five kilometres (km) from … More Ignorance would be bliss
March 3-6, 2016 … too long! Disclaimer: This post is written by a person who is 95% happy go lucky dude and 5% grumpy old man when all the grumpy elements are in alignment. Christine says if we had spent any more time together in Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC, formerly Saigon) that she would … More Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam brings out the grumpy old man
February 27 – March 2, 2016 Another bus trip and we find ourselves at the ocean side village of Kep, Cambodia. While Christine likes the ocean, Mark loves it and can never get enough of it. Once again, we walk to our hotel… 2 km up the only hill in Kep to our traditional Khmer-style … More Khmer Hands and Kep, Cambodia
February 21 – 26, 2016 Phnom Penh is a city of mixed emotions. The city went from over one million people in 1974 to 50,000 people in 1975 after the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot wreaked havoc on the country. Now, Phnom Penh is rebuilding, people have moved back into the city and (entertaining to … More Phnom Penh – A City Rebuilding
February 19 & 20, 2016 We take the ‘local’ bus from Siem Reap to Battambang and this takes 3.5 hours to travel just 68 km. This includes blaring Cambodian karaoke music videos. We quickly reach for our iPod shuffles (2nd generation-yes, we are that old) brought on the trip for emergency purposes. We suddenly find … More Riding the Bamboo Train, Battambang, Cambodia
The temples were amazing, there are so many and even more photos. We hope you enjoy… even if you have to read over a few sittings! Feb 14 – Feb 18, 2016 We arrive in Siem Reap to begin exploring the famous temples of Angkor. Christine opens her backpack to find out her high-density plastic … More Eating Ants and Exploring Temples of Angkor
Filled with excitement and enthusiasm on our Air Asia flight to coin-less Cambodia, we are particularly excited and cannot wait to get off the plane to start this leg of the journey. After all, we are about to explore the UNESCO world heritage site and “Bucket list” temple sites of Angkor Wat. The plane lands, … More Special Siem Reap, Cambodia
Feb 2, 2016 7:00am. We are in a cab en route to the Melaka bus terminal and it is the earliest we have been on the road so far. Packs are weary on the shoulders at this hour but they are starting to feel more like part of us. We celebrated this past few days … More Escaping the heat …Cameron Highlands
Finally, we arrive in a smaller city (935,000 folks instead of millions). Melaka was once an important trading port for Malaysia but fell out of favor when Singapore took the limelight. It was not until 2008 when UNESCO declared the old Chinatown a world heritage site that tourism started bringing this city back to … More Melaka/Malacca UNESCO World Heritage Town
We were wowed crossing the ocean from Malaysia into Singapore via an impressive bridge with expansive views of the ocean, rain forest and the upcoming pristine city. The bus then comes to a screeching halt at immigration and we have to disembark, grab our bags and find out if we will be allowed into the … More Welcome to Singapore
The Roaming Two 