Kampot to Phnom Penh With our stay coming to an end in Kampot, it was time to travel to Phnom Penh. Once again we booked with Giant Ibis. This is the same bus company we used to get from Siam Reap to Kampot overnight. It cost us $16us/$21nz for two of us. The trip was […]
Relaxed Riverside Town of Kampot Kampot as a destination caught our attention when looking for our next place to visit. Kampot’s main attraction is its relaxing riverside setting. Their economy is based on salt and pepper production, fishing and fruit growing (particularly Durian). They even have a Durian monument sitting loud and proud in the […]
Siem Reap to Kampot Because of our limited time in Cambodia we decided that our next destination would be Kampot in the south. Kampot is located in the far south east of Cambodia, close to the border with Vietnam. To get there we decided to take the overnight sleeper bus which would take us to […]
First Year Anniversary Our first year anniversary has ticked over. It is so hard to believe that a year ago we made the biggest move of our lives. Life as we knew it had changed forever. With no home and all our worldly belongings packed away in a 7×3 metre storage unit we set off […]
First Stop Siem Reap This was our first time visiting Cambodia and Siem Reap was our first ‘port of call’. As we were on a limited timeframe to visit the highlights of Cambodia, we decided to fly from Bangkok, rather than take the bus. Our flights cost us $280nz for the two of us and […]
Health Checks Available in Bangkok Now there are certain things you have to take into account when long term travelling. Things that you take for granted when you’ve been living in one country all your life. Health checks are one of those privileges that we have in New Zealand. Everyone has heard about the cheap […]
Revisiting Hue – The Old Ancient Capital As this was our second visit to Hue, we wanted to spend a couple of nights to either revisit or capture some of the city we missed the first time around. Now there is so much more to see than what we visited so do your research to […]
Our Journey to the DMZ To get to the DMZ, we needed to travel from Ninh Binh to central Vietnam. The best way to do this was by overnight sleeper train. This was from Ninh Binh to the small town of Dong Ha. Overnight Sleeper Train We have travelled a few times by overnight train. […]
Ninh Binh or Tam Coc or Trang An Dilema – Ninh Binh is a province south of Hanoi and it is also a city. Do we stay in the city or do we stay around 7km out in either Tam Coc or Trang An. After researching, we decided on Tam Coc. We are so glad […]
Hanoi to Tam Coc It was time to make our way to our next destination, travelling south from Hanoi to Tam Coc in the Ninh Binh district. This is about a 3 hour direct drive (well as direct as you can get in Vietnam) south of Hanoi. There are a couple of options to get […]