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A Day Of Doing Nothing | Bangkok | SE Asia #020

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020View From This Spot

We’ve been traveling for nearly four weeks now and we still have just under three weeks until it’s all over. We’ve realized that sometimes you have to do nothing. You don’t have to do something every day for six weeks nor should you feel obliged to. You’re allowed to be tired and you’re allowed to rest.

Night One In Bangkok | Bangkok | SE Asia #019

January 29, 2020View From This Spot

And the world was our oyster! Well, not quite.

We Have A Phobia Of Missing Cambodia | SE Asia #018

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020View From This Spot

It was a short six days but a memorable six days. We regret not doing more research beforehand about what a great country Cambodia is. We would have stayed longer and perhaps seen more of the country instead of seeing it as a thoroughfare between Vietnam and Thailand. Alas, we can only learn from our mistakes and we’ll definitely return one day. And even still, there is a lot to take home with us:

Spiders And Crickets And Frogs! Oh My! | Phnom Penh | SE Asia #016

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020View From This Spot

Before coming the Southeast Asia, we knew there would be plenty of opportunities to eat some unfamiliar delicacies. And since we may not be in this part the world again soon, we knew we had to partake while we could! Enter Romdeng, a restaurant serving traditional Khmer food, including plenty of options not usually found on a Canadian menu.

Learning From The Cambodian Genocide | Phnom Penh | SE Asia #015

January 25, 2020January 28, 2020View From This Spot

The 1970s. Voyager I showed us the first glimpses of Jupiter’s rings. Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister. Video tapes and VHS were first being released. People were watching Jaws and listening to Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Silly Love Songs, and Bohemian Rhapsody. But in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge were committing genocide and most of the world had no idea.

The Arduous Journey From Vietnam to Cambodia | In Transit | SE Asia #014

January 24, 2020View From This Spot

We are what we refer to as ‘bouj-et’ travellers, where budget meets boujee. There are things we like to splurge on (like speakeasies or theatre tickets), but in order to do that, we have to save in other areas. And that is why we ended up spending fourteen hours trying to cross the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

Goodnight, Vietnam | SE Asia #013

January 23, 2020View From This Spot

We travelled from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay to Hoi An, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho and now the time has come to say goodbye to Vietnam (for now.) But to remember our time here, we’ve reflected on the ups and downs of the last 15 days.