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Some travel days are filled with sights, stories, and sensory overload. Others focus on the journey itself—and, if you’re fortunate, a surprisingly luxurious airport lounge experience. Day 16 was the latter. The experience made us reflect on how transit days often offer some of the most memorable moments of a trip, blending the thrill of …
Today is our last day in Cambodia, and honestly, it felt like the country was trying to give us the complete “Cambodian summer” send-off. By 8 a.m., Phnom Penh was already simmering—the heat where you walk outside and immediately question all your life decisions. But we were determined! Our plan was to finally visit the …
Before visiting Cambodia, I’ll admit—I didn’t really have the country on my travel radar. Like many people, the only image that came to mind was Angkor Wat, its ancient spires rising out of the jungle. I knew little about the rest of the country, except for a vague awareness of its troubled past. Growing up, …
Back in Phnom Penh! Day 14 started almost like Day 12, just in reverse. Same bags, same city streets, same tuk-tuk hustle—except this time, we’re older, wiser, and apparently still hungry for more adventure (and chicken BBQ). The best news? Andi’s stomach seems to have forgiven whatever culinary crime he committed in wherever, and both …
Today, a travel dream that’s been simmering on my bucket list for over 30 years finally became reality. Angkor Wat—yes, that Angkor Wat—has always felt like a place out of reach, something for other travelers, or maybe just the pages of National Geographic. To finally see it with my own eyes, after decades of dreaming, …
Today was a travel day, but not the stressful, airport-hopping kind – more the “watch the world go by” variety. We woke up early in Phnom Penh, packed up (again!), and set off for our overland transfer to Siem Reap. At just 8 Euros a head, it was a no-brainer compared to flying. Sure, the …
Today wasn’t about temples, markets, or tasty street food. Today was about airports, queues, and the strange sense of limbo you get on travel days, where you spend more time waiting for planes than actually flying on them. We kicked things off with a flight from Da Nang—booked with VietJet but, in a fun twist, …
After a peaceful run of days in Ninh Binh’s green valleys and Hoi An’s lantern-lit lanes, stepping into Da Nang felt like being dropped into the middle of a video game set to “city mode.” The contrast is real. Hoi An’s mellow pace and Ninh Binh’s nature seem a world away from the glass-and-concrete energy …
If there’s a perfect way to spend a birthday on the road, it’s this: a slow, sun-drenched morning at the beach, lazy lunch with the sea as your soundtrack, and a shopping spree for something beautiful and uniquely local. Today was all about easy vibes—oh, and it’s my birthday! (Well, Andi’s, but you know what …
Finally, a proper night’s sleep! After a string of restless, sticky nights, we both woke up genuinely refreshed in Hoi An—blessed be blackout curtains and that rare, blissful combination of quiet and a comfy mattress. We clocked at least 8 hours for the first time on this trip. Andi, still limping from the Hang Mua …