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28 Februari, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °CTime to leave, who knows how long for! Keen for an adventure but sad to say goodbye to Mila 😔
Time to leave, who knows how long for! Keen for an adventure but sad to say goodbye to Mila 😔
Starting point of the trip
- a bus from HCM to Phnom Penh
- a few technical difficulties with sim cards and NAB authentication issues smoothed out once Aldi mobile allowed roaming
- a bustlingBaca selengkapnya
- Bus to Siem Reap, smooth and not too long, 4-5 hours. Angry birds helped time go faster
- all kinds of spring rolls cafe
- Sunset at Angkor Wat was lovely, met a tuk tuk driver who was the nicestBaca selengkapnya
What an experience to the airport, it needs it's own entry
- organised our tuk tuk friend to pick us up from the hotel approx 2.5 hours before flight.
- Siem reap has recently built a new airport andBaca selengkapnya
- late arrival into HCM, the hotel room was unavailable due to AC not working, they all know each other so we went across the street to another hotel. Free upgrade for the next 2 nights as aBaca selengkapnya
- We quite enjoyed Hoi An, it was quieter and the ease of getting around on the bikes made it more flexible.
- We had started getting over the same basic breakfast and Hoi An was the place to go andBaca selengkapnya
- A short stop in Hue was on the agenda as it was close to Hoi An and the home of the former royals/dynasty
- The trip to Hue was off to a flyer when the bus company booked by the hotel seemed likeBaca selengkapnya
- We flew into Hanoi early (to Chloe's dissatisfaction due to lack of sleep) and planned to wander around before heading to Halong the following day.
- We walked around the busy streets of the oldBaca selengkapnya
- We were picked up early (Chloe not too keen again) and headed to Halong Bay in a small bus chockers with tourists bags (seems they don't plan for that very well). We were spending 1 night on the BaiBaca selengkapnya
- Return back to Hanoi from Halong Bay, early in the morning, today's goal was to eat some good food and relax. However, that wasn't going to be easy as the hotel decided to cancel our reservationBaca selengkapnya