Hello, Mui Ne!
Mũi Né is a coastal fishing village in the Binh Thuan Province of southeastern Vietnam, about 200km from Ho Chi Minh City. Facing the rough South China Sea, the area is known as...
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KL – Saigon – Mui Ne
One fine afternoon of mid June found us wandering outside the Tan Son Nhat airport looking for the shuttle bus to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, that is) and there it was, parked right at pillar...
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Phnom Penh & Siem Reap : Same-same, But Different
“Same-same, but different” is what you will mostly hear while bargaining in Indochina, but for me the quirky phrase is more suitable with Cambodia; Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in particular. Both of...
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Amazing Angkor
Day 3 : Angkor Archeological Park, Siem Reap It was 4.00am. We were sort of early birds these days. Angkor was on the plan, and it was imperative that we made our virgin pilgrimage to...
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Chong Khneas, The Floating Village of Tonle Sap
Day 2 : Phnom Penh – Siem Reap We started our day early as we will be leaving Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. The bus departs at 7.30am, so while waiting for our...
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Cheong Ek: The Killing Fields
From the horrifying Tuol Sleng we headed to Cheong Ek, 15km southeast Phnom Penh. This is the site (now a memorial) where all the victims of Tuol Sleng being executed by the Khmer Rouge after...
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Tears at Tuol Sleng
Day 1 : Phnom Penh We settled with our accomodation and were allowed early check-in, and soon found ourselves on the road to our first destination in Cambodia; the notorious Tuol Sleng. Earlier we had a...
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Phnom Penh : An Intro to Cambodia
It has been a while after my last update. There’s a lot of things going on actually, apart from being too busy juggling between work and home; another time saw me occupied...
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Yangon – A Travel Recap
There are so many things to tell about the small town of Yangon, though we only spent a few days there. It is the most interesting town that I’ve visited so far, and yet I’m...
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Shimmering Shwedagon
Early morning and we took a cab to Shwedagon Paya, the largest and the most prominent pagoda in Myanmar. The street was clear, so in less than 20 minutes we arrived at the...
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The Ferry to Dala
Another interesting sightseeing ride if you are so happen to be in Yangon besides the circular train, is taking the ferry across the Yangon River to the small town of Dala, where the tragic cyclone Nargis had its...
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Yangon Circular Train
4 Feb 2012. From the market, we continued with our excursion along the Bogyoke Aung San Road to the Yangon Central Railway Station at the city center. We were going for a short trip...
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