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I am travelling in Indochina for the month of december with my boyfriend Adam.
| kate n adam in nam's Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Travel Blogs and Reviews | ||
| Title and Date | Location | |
Indochina Dec 08 '07 | Southeast Asia | |
Day 1 - Ho Chi Minh Dec 08 '07 | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Day 2 - Ho Chi Minh Dec 09 '07 "Ho Chi Minh somehow manages to combine crazy Asian buzz with European serenity." | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |
Day 3 - Mekong Delta Dec 10 '07 "The Bia in question came out of this enormous pressurised vat, and better yet it cost about 30c for 2 litres!" | Chau Doc, Vietnam | |
Day 4 - boat trip to Phnom Penh Dec 11 '07 "In more ways than one, Cambodia seems a desperate place." | Chau Doc, An Giang | |
Same Same But Different "The name says it all" | Chau Doc, An Giang | |
Day 5 - Phnom Penh Dec 12 '07 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
Killing Fields "A chilling reminder" | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
Day 6 - Boat to Siem Reap Dec 13 '07 "we passed some extremely deprived villages, in broken-down shacks - although strangely most had electricity and TV antennaes" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Shadow of Angkor "Mid-range bliss" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Day 7 - Angkor Wat Dec 14 '07 "Huge trees grow straight out of the stone walls and crumbling towers of this mossy-covered establishment." | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Angkor Wat "Temples of Angkor" | Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
Day 8 - Vientiane Dec 15 '07 "There's hardly any traffic - crossing the road is a breeze, and when we arrived on saturday afternoon, most of the shops were beginning to close." | Vientiane, Laos | |
Mixay Guesthouse "Budget baby" | Vientiane, Laos | |
Eateries along the river bank "They lure you in with live prawns, but the rest of the food is pretty average" | Vientiane, Laos | |
Day 9 - Vang Vieng Dec 16 '07 "Thai chick in front of us got sick towards the end and threw up all over the aisle, spraying Adam’s feet with spew in the process" | Vang Vieng, Laos | |
Falcony Restaurant "Happy madness" | Vang Vieng, Laos | |
Day 10 - Vang Vieng Dec 17 '07 "You float down, and they throw ropes out to you and pull you in, and you clamber out and go and sit up on a bamboo balcony and enjoy a beer lao" | Vang Vieng, Laos | |
Tubing on the Nam Song River "Coolest activity ever!" | Vang Vieng, Laos | |
Day 11 - Bus to Luang Prabang Dec 18 '07 "We'd had just about enough by then - we'd come in for a refund, only to discover that they wanted to extract more out of us." | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Day 12 - Luang Prabang Dec 19 '07 "It's like the whole town has been stuck in a beautiful heritage time-warp" | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Sok Dee "Nice and quiet" | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Nazim "Wholesome Indian comfort food" | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Day 13 - Luang Prabang Dec 20 '07 "Laos has to be the most sustainable and eco-friendly nation in Asia - nearly 80% of the population live in traditional hamlets and villages, going about life in the same way they have done for centuries" | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Days 14 & 15 - Luang Prabang Dec 21 '07 | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Aouysavath Guest House "Amazingly friendly people - great hospitality" | Luang Prabang, Laos | |
Day 16 - Hanoi Dec 23 '07 "Adam has this fierce desire to try dog meat, but its an experience I could do without." | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
Days 17-19 - Ha Long Bay Dec 24 '07 "Pulling up at one of the islands to visit a cave, we quickly discovered just how spoilt Ha Long bay has become" | Halong Bay, Vietnam | |
Day 20 - Hué Dec 27 '07 "The citadel itself is an interesting structure resembling greek fortifications, with beautiful ancient Vietnamese architecture contained within the crumbling walls." | Hue, Vietnam | |
Day 21 - Hoi An Dec 28 '07 "The architecture is completely different to the gaudy concrete-clad rest of Vietnam." | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
Days 22 & 23 - Hoi An Dec 29 '07 "Even though the weather had been cloudy on the previous few days, it magically cleared up for us the day we decided to hit the beach" | Hoi An, Vietnam | |
Day 24 - Nha Trang Dec 31 '07 "Ahh Nha Trang - this leg of the trip promised so much, yet delivered so little." | Nha Trang, Vietnam | |
Days 25 & 26 - Nha Trang Jan 01 '08 "This pretty much sums up our experience in Nha Trang - rip off, after rip off." | Nha Trang, Vietnam | |
Day 26 - Ho Chi Minh Jan 03 '08 "We managed to bring in snake wine - a small bottle of wine with a dead snake floating in it" | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | |



