Adventure

“You want to try?”

I was on the 5 hour bus ride from Siem Reap to the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. The Cambodia girl next to me was delightfully holding up a deep fried grasshopper which was staring at me through it’s fried eyeball held by its tail. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →

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All the warnings, all the scams, all the touts, surely I couldn’t possible rack up them all in one mere border crossing?

Well it seems the scammers were out in full force and some of them you just can’t do anything about, I shall explain…

Map of Cambodia
Map of Cambodia
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Tubing in Vang Vieng

June 20, 2009 · 7 comments

Vang Vieng is in the centre of northern Laos. It is a small town to a village scale, and consists of bars/resturants playing the tv show ‘Friends’, tour booking agents and guesthouses, you’d struggle to find much more. However people go to this remote town for one thing – Tubing.

Tubers getting warmed up

Tubers getting warmed up

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The Mekong river (also known as the red river due to the amount of mud in it) is the 10th longest in the world, with the estimated length being 4,350 km (2,703 miles).

The scenic environment makes for a peaceful trip

The scenic environment makes for a peaceful trip

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Crossing the bamboo bridge.

Crossing the bamboo bridge.

I remembered to put up my mosquito net last night, but it still didn’t stop the swarm of ants and mosquitoes which landed 82 bites around one of my ankles (yes I counted)!

Another short trek through the jungle, with Dat stopping to give an example of how to set fire to a tree Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →

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