Time flies when you’re having fun. It seems like we left Cambodia a very long time ago, when in fact it’s been only 4 days. First stop after Siem Reap was Singapore, where we spent a day and a half before picking up our diving gear again. Because this was our second time in Singapore […]
Phnom Penh’s attractions range from the terrifying and depressing to the very beautiful. The Tuol Sleng museum definitely belongs in the first category: This former school building was transformed by Pol Pot into S-21, a ‘security center’ where he held ‘enemies’ of his regime prisoner, and tortured them before having them murdered at one of […]
“It is ironic that in the 1950’s Laos received more American aid per person than any other country. In the 1970’s it received more bombs from America than any other country.” The above is not communist propaganda, it’s a line in the little travelguide we received with our Mekong river cruise from Huay Xai to […]
After three lazy days on Tam Hai, we visited the lovely quaint old city of Hoi An. Definitely worth it! Our trip to the ruins of My Son was slightly less successful, mainly because we found out that Miek gets really, really stressed from riding on the backseat of a rented motorbike. We are now […]
