Monday, December 26, 2016

Cambodia and Vietnam Pt2: Getting Around SE Asia

My husband and I took our honeymoon in Cambodia and Vietnam.  We knew little about the countries before we went. This is what we learned during our three week trip. Part 2: Getting Around 


-Getting around -
You can go by boat, you can go by plane, you can go by bus or you can go by train. We took every means of transportation other than the train. The most popular way to get around is motorbike and we got the full experience. Buses are very inexpensive, around $5 dollars for a 4hr trip and motorbikes you can rent for about $5/day plus $2 in fuel.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Cambodia and Vietnam Pt1: Food

My husband and I took our honeymoon in Cambodia and Vietnam. We wanted some place warm, inexpensive, and near the water. These countries have all of those requirements even though we knew little about the countries before we went. This is what we learned during our three week trip.  
Coconuts are everywhere in Vietnam.

- Finding Local Eateries - 
Our first morning in Cambodia we decided to find where the locals eat, you know, for the full on food experience. We wandered down some busy streets which lead us to some side streets and eventually we came across a place where many locals were sitting out on the sidewalk under tarps and umbrellas and there was a little stand of some kind of food. No one spoke English, so we figured we found exactly what we were looking for.

We pointed to something on the cart that looked like rice and