Southeast Asia '24

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24

Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season.  (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

Mondulkiri Project Elephant Sanctuary, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
You cannot but feel privileged
Let’s be honest, some days are a bit of a let down. They’re good, you enjoy them, and it’s probably no more than the weight of over-heightened expectations. One day,...
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Kratie district, Cambodia
Bye Cambodia, thanks for everything
Not a great deal to say about yesterday – we took the van back to Phnom Penh. A long and boring journey, shared with a woman and baby for an hour, a Cambodian workman, for a different...
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Late flight from Saigon to Hanoi
Hey, Vietnam! Nice to see you again!
Well, that was one of the more stressful days of our trip. Starting out when we took the tuk tuk to the address suggested by Booking.com, arriving with just seven minutes to spare before...
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The Huk Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi, oh boy!
It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s Hanoi. And it’s like we’ve never been away. The only thing we’d forgotten is the complete absence of tuk tuks. We never...
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Ha Giang, Vietnam
Preparing for the loop
One little bonus yesterday, when we got upgraded from a sleeper seat, which we were not looking forward to, but it was cheap, to the front row of a VIP limousine, aka Ford Transit with...
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Ha Giang loop, Vietnam
A fine day and a million dong fine
Well, we can’t say we weren’t warned.  Everyone said the cops lie in wait, pull you over, demand your International Driving Licence, then hit you with a million dong fine...
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