Today, Caitlin and I took a short day trip to see the sights at Phnom Kulen National Park. This park is about an hour and a half away from Siem Reap's town center over some very rough roads (I was actually told not to go there by my hotel concierge because it's so rough), and …
I joined in on one of Phong Nha Discovery Tours' excursions to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park today. This park consists of old karst mountains and at least 300 caves, many of which are open for visitors to explore. We started off with a walk through the Botanic Garden. Our destination here was the Thac …
One of the stops I've been most excited to get to is Ninh Binh, where I had read about stunning landscapes and access to rural Vietnam. This morning, I hopped on a train that carried me from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, and then I took a taxi to the town of Tam Coc within the …
My goal for today was to make it out to the Kuang Si Waterfalls about 18 miles from Luang Prabang. Getting thereIn the late morning, I found a tuk-tuk driver looking for passengers. This wasn't hard to do, as there are many drivers who sit on their vehicles asking if passers-by need a ride, which …
After breakfast this morning, I walked to the town's main road and signed up at one of the many tour company stalls set up there for a full-day tour that would take me to all of the major destinations around Pai that I really wanted to see during my time here. Half an hour later, …
Pretty much everything that I've done during my trip so far has been extremely touristy. I figured that today, my last full day spent in Chiang Mai, was the day to change that. Though I hadn't heard of it before coming to Chiang Mai, a couple of people have raved to me about the Monk's …
Journeying Jasmine 