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Day 122 – Ho Chi Minh City to Dalat
Today we left Ho Chi Minh City using bus tickets we had purchased the previous day from Phuong Trang Futa Bus Lines. The tickets cost 220,000 VND / $13.36 AUD per person. We had to leave our hostel, Toi’s Travel Home Central without our deposit back, as there was no one was at the reception […]
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Day 121 – Ho Chi Minh City
Exploring Ho Chi Minh City Today we went to check out the War Remnant Museum, which is tiny compared to the Korean War Museum in Seoul (Day 70 & Day 71). The museum in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is multi-storied with military hardware like planes and helicopters outside. It was interesting to see how […]
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Day 120 – Ho Chi Minh City
Tour of Cu Chi Tunnels Today we started our half day tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels, which involved hotel pick up at 8:30am. The company that ran the tour was called Kim Travels, and it was really well organised. During the drive to the tunnels, there was a brief introduction about Vietnam, Ho Chi […]
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Day 119 – Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Bus journey from Cambodia to Vietnam Today we were picked up by the Mekong Express minivan at 7:30am at Cool Wrong Hostel. The minivan picked up a few more people and we got to the bus stop around 8:30am, which was the scheduled departure time. The staff gave us small water bottles and biscuits, before […]
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Day 118 – Phnom Penh
Today we received a call from Cina Travel in regards to our Visa for Vietnam. We walked from Cool Wrong Hostel, to Cina Travel, and picked up our passports. We then booked a bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City for $12 USD / $16.92 AUD per person, using a Mekong Express bus. […]
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Day 117 – Phnom Penh
Today was another quiet day in Cambodia. The furthest we ventured was 300 metres to eat breakfast down the road. The rest of the day was spent between Cool Wrong Hostel and Viva Restaurant. We also had to see why our amazing ING card didn’t work last night. Since I really didn’t want to make […]
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Day 115 – Koh Rong Samloem to Phnom Penh
Today was our last day on the island paradise, Koh Rong Samloem. After packing and checking out of Robinson Bungalows, we had to hike thorough the island for one last time. The walk from Sunset Beach to the more busy Sunrise Beach was difficult due to our bags. Once on Sunrise beach, we walked to […]
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Day 114 – Koh Rong Samloem
Today we had a slow day relaxing on Sunset Beach. As we would be leaving Koh Rong Samloem tomorrow, we did our now almost daily hike to Sunrise Beach, to find out the boat times. We went to the pier that we were dropped off at, and once we finally found someone, we were told […]
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Day 113 – Koh Rong Samloem
Today we had to check out of Sleeping Trees and go to Robinson Bungalows. Due to our experience at the bar yesterday, we delayed going for as long as possible, hanging out in the one of the many hammocks around Sleeping Trees. Eventually we had to make a move. A Golden Retriever who had being […]
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Day 112 – Koh Rong Samloem
Night time Kayaking with Plankton Since we came to Sunset Beach on Koh Rong Samloem to relax, that is exactly what we did. We sat on hammocks near the beach under the shade of trees reading books. The weather and view was amazing. The beach is quiet and the water is so calm. The one […]
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Day 111 – Kampot to Koh Rong Samloem
Today we left Kemra I Guesthouse in the morning looking for a light breakfast, but we couldn’t find anything that looked decent and served food. We had to settle for coffee before running back to the guest house to be back in time for our bus pick up. A van picked us up and after […]
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Day 110 – Kampot
Today we stayed in Kemra I Guesthouse in Kampot, as we couldn’t find the owner of Ta Eng Guesthouse during the day to extend our stay. As our time in Cambodia was coming to a close we just spent the day planning our next destination and working out how to get Visa. We met an […]
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Day 109 – Kampot
Full day trip around Kampot, Cambodia Today we met the brother of the tour guide we had booked from Trip Advisor. As the day went on, we found out that the original tour guide, had stopped giving tours a while ago, and was now working in Phnom Penh. That being said, we left Ta Eng […]
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Day 108 – Kampot
Today we explored the quiet town of Kampot. The town is really small and all the buildings have a touch of French architecture. We walked around to the river which was nice to walk along. There are a few boat cruises that have restaurants on board which looked really cool. We will definitely try and […]
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