After our five days in Phnom Penh, it was off to Siem Reap, we had our Tuk-Tuk driver pick us up 10:30am to take us across the river to the where we would catch the 11:30am bus to Siem Reap where we would be spending another 5 days. We arrived late afternoon, settled into our …
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” …
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 …
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 …
While in Saigon we arranged a trip to the outlying areas. First it was off to the Cu Chi Tunnels, these are located northwest of the city Our tour guide had the driver make a stop about 5km/3miles from the tunnels. This stop was to visit local artisans. These people have been affected by the …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …