The journey from Sihanoukville, Cambodia, to Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon, or HCMC for short), Vietnam required an overnight bus and a land border crossing, both firsts for our trip. The overnight bus was a true “sleeper bus” that consisted of completely flat compartments wide enough for two people Read more…
Angkor Wat, the primary reason most people visit Cambodia, is the biggest temple in the world, but isn’t even close to the only site around. There are quite a few main temple attractions in the immediate area, and probably dozens if you include all the smaller ones. [Editor’s note: To Read more…
Phnom Penh We returned to Phnom Penh after our few days of relaxation in Kampot just in time to meet up with our friend, Giannis, who flew from New York to spend two weeks with us in Cambodia. After so long with just the two of us, it was a Read more…
After our two days in Zhangjiajie National Forest, I wasn’t sure what scenery could possibly come close to comparing with the view’s we’d had. But Rorie discovered a huge valley known as the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon with a famous glass bridge [Editor’s note: The largest and longest glass bottom bridge in Read more…
Our last stop in China (!!) – Zhangjiajie National Forest – was the one Rorie was most excited for, and after hearing him talk about it, I was too. [Editor’s note: While we shared excitement to see most of the sights in China, we were each allowed to select an Read more…
The first accomplishment of our time in Xi’an was surviving our first overnight train ride (~12 hours) from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia. This time we opted for the “soft sleeper” instead of the “hard sleeper” we’d taken from Beijing to Datong, which offers distinct benefits such as being able to Read more…
I’ve wanted to visit Mongolia for a long time now, with a vision of riding horses across the grasslands in my mind. However, I figured that wouldn’t be possible on this trip since we weren’t planning to spend much time in the far northern latitudes and it seemed really hard Read more…
After spending a week in the sprawling metropolis of Beijing, we decided we needed to briefly decamp to a quainter, rustic location in China for our next series of adventures. This led us to the “tiny” town (read: population of ~3.5 million) of Datong, which is situated approximately 6.5 Read more…
We’re about to depart from Beijing after a week in this glorious(?) city, and we’ve certainly managed to keep ourselves busy while here. More extensive blog posts on some of our experiences will follow in the coming days (thanks to our impending 6 hour train ride!), but we wanted to Read more…