The Killing Fields

We visited the central museum here in Phnom Penh, this was quite disappointing as we expected more general information and history of the country. Most items on display were from Angkor Wat. From here it was off to “Tuol Sleng”, this was Por Nhea Yat Highschool before “Pol Pot” and Prison Chief “Kang Kek Lew” …

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Phnom Penh

As our visas were due to expire on the 2nd of January, we needed to leave Vietnam. The decision was made to catch a bus from Saigon to Phnom Penh in Cambodia as there were things we wanted to see and visit in Cambodia but Phnom Penh would be our first stop. There is are …

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Saigon Pt.2

The day after we returned from our sightseeing tour, we visited the Independence Palace which is open to the public for viewing. Ground floor:   Second Floor: View from Second Floor Balcony There were a couple of military vehicles on the grounds. There is a ‘Hash group’ in Ho Chi Minh City, they have a …

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

It was close to Christmas and we wanted a Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings of home, there were a couple of restaurants that would be offing a special menu for this occasion. After viewing the various menus, we settled on Poomba’s, choosing to eat around noon on Christmas day as opposed to Christmas Eve. …

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Day Trips

After performing some research to find what attraction were close to Da Nang suitable to visit on a Day Trip, we decided to travel to My Son which is an archeological site. We left around 8am stopping along the way in a small town for Binh Mi (8”/20cm long, Vietnamese Sub) for breakfast, they were …

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Da Nang

We left our hotel in Hanoi at 8:30 am by private driver organized by the hotel staff, we arrived in plenty of time for our 11:30 am flight only to find out our flight had been delayed until 3:30 pm. Our assumption is that they didn’t have enough passengers for the morning flight and combined …

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Hanoi

From the Hao Lo Prison we went to a coffee shop where they invented Egg Coffee. It does not sound appetizing but was surprisingly good, tastes like Creme Brulee. Many of the residential buildings here are tall about 6-7M/20-23 ft. wide.While out on one of our walks we came across this maze of cables, how …

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Off to Asia

The morning of the day we flew from Calgary to Vancouver it was -2C with 4″/10cm of snow cover, this was the first snow of the year, definitely a sign we needed to leave. We did not fly until 9pm, having 4.5 hours in Vancouver prior to our connecting flight leaving at 1:50am going to …

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Summer in Canada 2022

We returned from Mexico, flying into Calgary from Cancun. For the time back in Canada we had housesits organised for the months of July, August, September and October in various locations. AirB&B’s and hotels for the balance.We spent the first month or so between Calgary and Edmonton. Our time in Edmonton was spent visiting and …

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