by Martin | Jul 17, 2013 | South East Asia
First impressions of HCMC. Staying with Henry (friend of Jan) – Thanks! The War Remnants Museum was quite shocking. Interesting to see the “other” side compared to the american “version”. It’s really sad what happened – and...
by Martin | Jul 16, 2013 | South East Asia
Due to taking a plane instead of the bus I had one extra day in Siem Reap. As I had enough of temples I decided to visit a silk farm. The showed the whole process from the little worm to the big worm to the cocoon to the silk and weaving. Very amazing – that you...
by Martin | Jul 15, 2013 | South East Asia
Got to Siem Reap by bus (6 hours) and it was a nice drive. Nevertheless, after being on the bus for 2 hours I decided to change my original plan which was to use the bus again to get to Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon (Vietnam – 13 hours!) – and booked a flight...
by Martin | Jul 12, 2013 | South East Asia
Interesting country/city with different architecture. I liked the houses like the palace and so. Did some sightseeing with Temples, Royal Palace, Wat Phnom, Prison S-21, Killing Fields an more. There are two main things I take from my visit:1- By visiting the prison...
by Martin | Jul 9, 2013 | South East Asia
Spent 4 days – really interesting and I had a great time.The Petrona Twin Towers were amazing. The tour to the skybridge and then to the top. Impressive building.I also went to the Batu Caves in the north – quite interesting and many monkeys :)Then to the...
