Travel Log – Page 2

Siem Reap: Day 5

We let the sun dry us when we were done swimming, and returned to our room to ready ourselves for dinner. A tuk-tuk brought us to Mahob Restaurant, which is a bit north of Siem Reap, between the city and the Angkorian temples. We sat under a jackfruit tree in its front courtyard. I don’tContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 5”

Siem Reap: Days 3 & 4

When we finally made it back from our temple tour, I was suffering from heat exhaustion. I could feel my pulse in my forehead, and each thump was agony. My face was red–not pink, red. I was sweaty and gross and very unhappy. I felt nauseated and tired and sick. So, you can perhaps understandContinue reading “Siem Reap: Days 3 & 4”

Siem Reap: Day 2

Dinner was at Marum. Marum Restaurant is a modern, wooden structure with a lush, tropical courtyard illuminated by string lights and table lanterns. At night, Siem Reap gets cool enough to tolerate, so we sat under what I think was a lime tree and ordered some modern fusion. We started with a jackfruit and lotusContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 2”

Siem Reap: Day 1

In order to get to Siem Reap from Ho Chi Minh City, Aaron and I had to take two seven-hour buses with an overnight layover in Phnom Penh. These buses had pretty inadequate air conditioning, so when we finally arrived, we were overheated and exhausted. Fortunately, the hostel that greeted us, once the tuk-tuk droveContinue reading “Siem Reap: Day 1”

Hoi An: Days 6 & 7

We left Phin Coffee this morning in time to fit in lunch before our fitting appointment at Yaly Tailor. Lunch was a bit outside of the main drag, at Vegan Zone. For you vegan skeptics out there, know this: our meal was one of the best we’ve had on the trip. Our potato cakes wereContinue reading “Hoi An: Days 6 & 7”

Hoi An: Days 4 & 5

I love cheese. It’s my favorite food. It’s my desert island food, you know? Southeast Asia does not love cheese. There is a dearth of cheese. It’s not really a staple of any dishes here. Most East Asians are lactose intolerant, and historically, cows were for working, not milking. I have loved the food here,Continue reading “Hoi An: Days 4 & 5”

Hoi An: Day 3

We returned to Phin Coffee for our morning cup. The events of the day before had proven that when you find a good thing, you stick with it–novelty be damned. Everything we want to try or do is closed for the Lunar New Year celebrations. If y’all thought we took Christmas seriously, you ain’t seenContinue reading “Hoi An: Day 3”

Hoi An: Day 2

Sometimes, my desire for novelty trumps all else. It is an all-too-frequent problem of mine that I will end up somewhere disappointing, just because I wanted to try something new. Phin Coffee was good. It was actually kind of perfect. But we’d been there, done that, so I suggested we try Coffee 11, on theContinue reading “Hoi An: Day 2”

Hoi An: Day 1

I am going to skim past a couple days here because I’m sure you don’t want to read about us waiting in the airport for six hours for our delayed flight, or the two times (two!) we ate Burger King, cause we’re disgusting. Suffice it to say, we disembarked our Halong Bay cruise after breakfastContinue reading “Hoi An: Day 1”

Halong Bay: Day 2

Breakfast was served at 6:30 in the morning. We were told this the night before, but Last-Night Aaron and Anna were fine with making that Next-Morning Aaron and Anna’s problem. Those guys can be some real jerks. The reason for our early rise was that we were trying to beat the crowds to the mostContinue reading “Halong Bay: Day 2”