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First Night In Phnom Penh

First Night In Phnom Penh

by Annah Kim | Jun 15, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

So I am exceptionally exhausted and am falling asleep as I type.. the internet is also incredibly slow… But I wanted to give you all a quick update. We are in Phnom Penh. And we just almost got taken home by Cambodian prostitutes. There were these three,...
First Night In Phnom Penh

Looking Back At Vietnam

by Annah Kim | Jun 15, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

I’m currently in Phnom Phen and I wanted to list a couple things learned about Vietnam: 1. Pho bo (beef pho.. or any kind of pho) can be eaten any time of day but it is traditionally a breakfast meal in Vietnam… heavy breakfast. 2. Dress is not...
First Night In Phnom Penh

50 Hours On A Bus

by Calvin Sun | Jun 13, 2010 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Instead of the expected 32 hours, we spent exactly 50.5 hours on 3 sleeper buses, stopping for at most 4 hours for a break. The bright side is that the vista outside our windows was gorgeous…for about maybe 6 hours out of the trip. Pictures of our ordeal to come...
First Night In Phnom Penh

Videos From Hanoi

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Hopefully you’ve read my previous posts without video – so I’m going to limit this post to mostly just videos and not much text commentaries.   Streets of Hanoi:   Women Are Better at Navigation:   Crossing the Streets of Vietnam:...
First Night In Phnom Penh

Pause. In. Hanoi.

by Annah Kim | Jun 11, 2010 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

So – change in plans. The bus to Hoi An has broken down and so we are delayed a day in our trip. So I am now sitting in an internet cafe – slowly but surely (hopefully) uploading my videos and sitting next to a jolly Vietnamese boy who is singing...
On The Way To Ha Long Bay

On The Way To Ha Long Bay

by Calvin Sun | Jun 8, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

 Updated our Friends page!About to board an 8am bus to Ha Long Bay. We’ll be staying overnight at a junk in the bay (so don’t expect to hear from us for a bit); I’m looking forward to waking up and eating rice while watching a sun rise over the...
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