Mekong River, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City

Mekong River, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City

Our last morning in Phnom Penh a van picked us up at our hotel. It drove around to other local hotels gathering several more westerners before taking us to have our visas checked to make sure we wouldn’t be turned back at the border. On 

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

It is helpful when traveling to have a high threshold for embarrassment. After all, you don’t know the ropes, and localsĀ  may be amused at your befuddlement of things they may have understood since childhood. I took the Skytrain to the airport in Bangkok on 

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand

First, allow me to quote my Facebook post from yesterday: I arrived in Bangkok in the middle of the night after a very long series of flights: Fairbanks, Seattle, LAX, Tokyo, Bangkok. The Mile Map Hostel is nice, clean and quiet and in a good