Southeast Asia

We chose to stay in Sports 1 Hotel in Hue, Vietnam, mainly because of it's cool name. The hotel itself has nothing to do with sports, but still provided a lovely, relaxing stay that we were looking for at the...

You might have your entire vacation to Vietnam planned out — hotels, transport, tours, etc. — but before you throw that hard-earned money at a tour to Halong Bay take some time to read these...

Monkey brain, it's what we’ll be eating for dinner, my dad signed to me on one of my first nights with him in Vietnam. It’s the Vietnamese way, he added. Really?! I asked, my sign language unnecessary...

After spending a sleepless night at an old, noisy budget hotel in Nha Trang, Vietnam, we packed our bags to look for a better place on foot. Just a few doors down we were pleasantly surprised to find Phuong...

We ended our Vietnam road trip with a nice rest on the beach in Nha Trang before continuing by train to Danang and the beautiful town of Hoi An. There we parted ways with Britnee's father, Thuc, and his...

Part of our time in Vietnam we spent road tripping from Biên Hua — near Ho Chi Minh in the south — up to Hội An with Britnee's father and his girlfriend. Along the way we stopped in the beach/fishing...

“Where are you from?” a Thai man asked me as we were prepared to cross the border into Cambodia. “I’m American,” I replied thinking nothing of it. He proceeded to laugh as he examined me a little...

A one-night stay is not enough at the Vinh Hung Library Hotel in Hoi An, Vietnam. This hotel was one of the prettiest hotels we've stayed and had the best free breakfast we've had on this trip. We could only...

If you’d asked me three weeks ago whether I liked Vietnamese food, my answer would have been an emphatic "YES!" However, after a few weeks living and road tripping with extended family in Southern Vietnam,...

Mark and I felt uneasy when we heard news of the missing AirAsia flight that was later found crashed in the sea last December. We were in Thailand at the time and just two weeks prior we had flown with AirAsia...

When visiting the iconic Angkor temple ruins in Cambodia, Mark and I had the option to purchase a 1-day, 3-day, or 7-day pass. Many people mistake Angkor Wat as just one temple complex, but it's actually an...

On our first visit to Cambodia, we followed the well-worn tourist track starting from the temples of Angkor outside Siem Reap. Making the most of a seven-day pass, we rode tuk tuks and bicycles and wandered...

There are many cheap places to stay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, so it was a hard choice to decide where to stay. We chose Channsoda Hotel not only for the reasonable price, but also for it's amazing location...