Asia
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Day 107 – Phnom Penh to Kampot
Today we were all packed, ready to go on our trip to Kampot, which was claimed to be a 3 hour journey. We had booked through Cool Wrong Hostel, for a 9am pick up from the hostel, with a company called Cosmart. At 9am a guy picked us up and loaded our bags into the […]
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Day 106 – Phnom Penh
Today we woke up early and left to find some breakfast. We ended up at a Restaurant which is opened 24 hours, called Mekong River Restaurant. We had the breakfast menu here, and I would not recommend it. The majority of the staff didn’t seem to want to be there. But even worse, I had […]
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Day 105 – Battambang to Phnom Penh
Today we had an early breakfast at Lucky Hostel, before checking out and walking to Sorya Ticket Agency, which is where we bought our bus tickets the day before. The bus was meant to leave at 8:45am, but when we arrived we were the only ones here besides some cardboard boxes full of live chickens. […]
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Day 104 – Battambang
Today we woke up early once again so we could have breakfast at Lucky Hostel. We have started experimenting with what we eat, and our meals are getting larger. Today we had an omelette with bread, fruit platter, waffles, banana shake and milk tea! Our driver DJ, who had the brake failures a few days […]
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Day 103 – Battambang
After the minor accident yesterday during our tour on the Remork Moto, we were planning to continue the rest of the tour today. However my better half was not feeling well so we decided to postpone the tour until tomorrow. We also extended our stay in Battambang at Lucky Hostel. When we called DJ from […]
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Day 102 – Battambang
Today we had breakfast at Lucky Hostel, which was very large for the price. The Remork Moto (Tuk Tuk) driver was waiting outside for us. His company was called DJ Tuk Tuk. When we greeted him, he was super friendly and told us about the full day tour, we had organised over the phone last […]
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Day 100 – Siem Reap
100 Days of travel! Last day in Siem Reap checking out the less travelled temples around Angkor Wat
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Day 99 – Siem Reap
Today we woke up at 4:30am so we could go to Angkor Wat to see the sunrise. When we were dropped off by our tuk tuk driver and had to walk to the gate. We actually had no idea where to go. Luckily a friendly guide told us to cross the bridge. We then realised […]
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Day 98 – Siem Reap
Today we had our group tour of Angkor Wat. The bus picked us up in the morning. We were the first to be picked up, and when getting onto the bus, I realised that my water bottle was leaking in my bag. As we picked up the rest of the tourists for the tour, I […]
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Day 97 – Siem Reap
After breakfast, we left Golden Square Villa Hotel, and walked 2km to the Angkor National Museum. Here we shared an audio guide between us. We were glad to have gone to the museum before checking our Angkor Wat, as it gives heaps of insight and history. The information at the exhibits were in both Cambodian […]
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Day 96 – Hong Kong to Siem Reap, CAMBODIA
Today we caught a bus to the airport saying goodbye to the excellent staff at the Mahjong Hostel. We also returned the Public Transport T-Money Cards back to the train station for a refund, which was easy to do. A few hours later, our plane landed in a rainy runway in Cambodia. We then took […]
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Day 94 – Hong Kong
Today we woke up early and went to check out the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island. The Monastery is a large structure, in typical Chinese architecture. Certain areas are closed off to tourists, but were nice to view from outside. One of the impressive things at the temple are […]
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Day 93 – Hong Kong
Today we left our hostel, The Mahjong and took the bus to Lantau Island. This involved two buses. The first was the standard double decker bus, you see around town, but the second was a fully packed single decker bus. We had to stand up with all our luggage. And to make things worse, the […]
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