Saturday 30 August 2014
Coconut candies
So I didn't follow it all exactly. I was kind of still half asleep. No wonder after having slept only 3 hours. We had a nice time last night with Mirjam who joined me in Vietnam. I met Mirjam in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where she had long term plans that didn't work out. A little like mine. In short I recommended Speak-Easy Cafe Homestay to her and her brother and her friend when they reached Bangkok. They went there and later I also went there. Mirjam had moved on, but had stayed in touch with the owners, Niddy and Aaron. As she was also going to Vietnam, we decided to join forces.
Anyway, that's not the point of this story.
Anyway, that's not the point of this story.
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Cu Chi Tunnels
Entrance / exit |
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Monday 25 August 2014
Saigon
Batteur dans le bunker du Palace de l'Indépendance |
From Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Une traditionnelle maison sur pilotis |
From Bangkok to Siem Reap
To enter Vietnam overland, I found out on Internet, that it was better to have a visa before getting to the border. So during my stay in Bangkok, I decided to go the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to apply for a visa. On Internet I also found a government website where you could buy apply and pay for your visa. But it said it's only for air travelers. The price mentioned, was something like USD 45 for the visa, and USD 17 for the letter of approval, totaling USD 62. But at the embassy, wanting to pay USD 62 in US Dollars, they told me I had to pay 2'500 Baht (about USD 80). So I went to change my USD to Baht at a nearby bank.
Hua Lamphong Railway Station Bangkok |
Labels:
Backpacking,
Border crossing,
Cambodia,
LANG:EN,
Thailand,
Train
Thursday 14 August 2014
Tha Din Daeng food market
Every Thursday and Monday, there is a market where half the vendors sell food just opposite of my homestay place where I stay. It is the Tha Din Daeng market. I visited it for the second time with Aaron (and another guest each time). Every time, I try and discover new things. It is awesome, although everything is not always looking very appetizing and yummy.
Sunday 10 August 2014
Mahachai, Thailand
Back in Thailand and back in Speak-Easy Cafe & Tutoring Center plus We Are Backpackers Homestay, we went out to Mahachai. We first took a public bus, then a train where nobody would expect to find a train, except for the sign.
In Mahachai we strolled around with Niddy and Aaron, the two owners of the guesthouse and also Anna and Marcelo. We looked at the products on sale by the Burmese people.
My diving adventures have been put on hold for some time. Let's see how it goes here. Then maybe at some point, find out how it is to work in Bali. But that's a faraway prospect (faraway meaning in more than two weeks, I'm not looking too far in the future currently, so don't ask me where I see myself in five years).
In Mahachai we strolled around with Niddy and Aaron, the two owners of the guesthouse and also Anna and Marcelo. We looked at the products on sale by the Burmese people.
My diving adventures have been put on hold for some time. Let's see how it goes here. Then maybe at some point, find out how it is to work in Bali. But that's a faraway prospect (faraway meaning in more than two weeks, I'm not looking too far in the future currently, so don't ask me where I see myself in five years).
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