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SEA trip

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  • Resans start
    17 november 2023
  • Phong Nha Caves

    22 november 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    The first cave was the dark cave where we swam to the mud bath which contained heaps of minerals. The second was the phong nah cave that has a lot of history to do with the war. The caves stalactites take 10,000 years to grow 1.3 meters so you can see in some of the pictures how big they have before and how they have met with the stalagmites.Läs mer

  • Hoi an

    25 november 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Cooking class today!! Cinh took us to a local market to teach us about Vietnamese food and what dishes they were used in. We bought all the food we needed for the dishes that we made. We went on a coconut boat ride shortly after.
    We made:
    - Vietnamese fried spring rolls
    - Vietnamese ban xiao (savoury pancakes with prawns)
    - noodle salad
    - pho

    Was a great experience 🫶🏻🫶🏻
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  • Ho chi min - The cu chi tunnles

    27 november 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Today we explored Ho chi mins history. We went into the cu chi tunnel’s that helped Vietnam win the war against America. Our tour guid led us through a tunnel and showed us how they made their shoes (one forwards and one back) to confuse the Americans. He also told us that they got their oxygen from termites nests (fake ones). They also used the bombs of the Americans to make traps and ammunition. Women and children also fought in the war.

    We then went to the museum which I didn’t take any pictures of because it was very graphic. We saw the affects of agent orange in many people and how they could be affected by it. Some people it was genetics and other it happened over time when eating contaminated food like fish. The Americans used to drag Vietnamese soldiers by the tanks until they died on impact, we saw many many effects of the bombs on children and women. Piles of bodies laying dead on top of each other it was horrific.

    200 Australian soldiers were drafted to help America but as they were, many protests started in Australia against the idea.
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  • Phnom penh - S21 museum / killing fields

    30 november 2023, Kambodja ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Trigger warning- graphic detail ⚠️
    Very tough day today, we first went to the S21 museum that used to be a school but has used as a torture facility during pol pot regime. It was a genocide against his own people targeting intellects and non- Khmer people. The S21 was disgusting and truely showed the worst sides of the human race. From getting people to dispose of bodily fluids in a bag and if they spill they have to lick it off the floor, putting them in ankle shackles, and much more. They basically went through torture after torture being aided my medics with 3 months of experience because they killed all the qualified doctors just to do it all again. Sometimes if the victims didn’t survive the first torture the guards would then be inflicted with the same punishments and killed. The first picture was one of the 14 victims left in this facility when people found out what they were doing here, each room there was a victim brutally murdered in very graphic detail.

    The killing fields were just as horrific. In some of these pictures you will see the clothes and bones of body’s that were brutally murdered in mass graves from 10-1000 bodies in each. You can see the large divots in the ground from where these graves were. Some graves even contained soldiers that had been beheaded. And still to this day there are bones and other remains being found in these areas. There was constantly music being played to down our the screams of the dead, if you were brought to the killing fields you were here to be executed if you didn’t die the day you get there you would the next day. Around 300 executions occurs daily in the height of ppl pot regime. The tree that has all the offerings (bracelets) was called the killing tree, where mothers were forced to watch offical kill their babies against the tree swinging them by their feet, the mothers were killed shortly after. Bits of brain matter and hair was found on the tree when first found. In the last photo is the memorial in here there are thousands of skulls and bones of ankles and wrists, some found with wire and other materials bounding them together.

    Although this was a hard day, it was good pay my respects to all the people that were affected by these atrocities. There was even survivors in the museum and fields which was heartbreaking. 💔
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  • Kampot

    1 december 2023, Kambodja ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    We book Kampot instead of Ko Rong which is a bummer but that ok it was nice when we had dinner, but tomorrow we are travelling to Siem reap and spending 3 nights there before we split ways and half of us go to Bali and the other half go to Thailand.Läs mer

  • Angkor Wat

    4 december 2023, Kambodja ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    We visited the Angkor Wat temples yesterday it was amazing, some temples are in better shape then others but Angkor Wat was built 900 years ago and took 37 years to build. The temple was originally buddhist religion with the first king then was turned into Hindu
    Religion from the next king. They used elephants to transport the sandstone from the mountains and used to shape it using other rocks and grinding it down into a rectangle/ square shape.
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  • Siem Reap

    5 december 2023, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Went bike riding today around Siem reap it was a great idea you get to know what is around you for a sense of direction.

    We also went to the night circus which was wonderful

  • Bangkok

    7 december 2023, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    We went shopping today in the big shopping centre. It’s a lot like Melbourne but just not as high quality. Then we just chilled at the hotel to catch up on some sleep cause we were feeling pretty run down.Läs mer

  • Bangkok

    9 december 2023, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Today was great! Did a boat tour of Bangkok and visited some temples.It’s a bit hard when you have to wear clothes that cover your shoulders and knees because you get very hot but definitely recommend it was a great experience.

    We also went out a met some girls and had a wonderful time, after Lucy tried a spider. It was a great day!
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  • Bangkok - Siem Reap

    11 december 2023, Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    I have no words…

    Except we had to get up at 2:40am to make the flight it was hard especially cause I have adapted to the time difference now. But 100% worth it. Although I have to say I thought it would be a lot cheaper than it is, very much Australian prices or American.Läs mer