Adventure, Culture and Peace

Travelling is not just about seeing beautiful places. It’s about hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling, and the whole experience of going to different locales and immersing in environments different from your everyday life. It was my first time to travel alone outside of the country and I definitely had this in mind during the whole trip.

 

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I left the Philippines with no day-to-day plans for this adventure. All I know is that I’m coming in through Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, I want to see the temples in Siem Reap, Cambodia and that I’m taking the flight back to Manila through Phuket, Thailand. Everything in between has not yet been determined and I will be relying on online reviews and recommendations by fellow travellers.

 

I want to share with you for now the highlights of this trip. I spent one day in Ho Chi Minh, had an amazing adventure in Da Lat, got on an ATV and went up and down the White Sand Dunes of Mui Ne, all in Vietnam. I had a glimpse of the gruesome recent history of Phnom Penh, spent 3 days dragging my jaw in awe of the temples of Angkor in Siem Reap, made a detour and stayed at a temple in Battambang, Cambodia. Spent the final leg of this trip chilling in Bangkok and the island of Phi Phi.

 

Here are some of the photos of amazing sights from this trip, and I can’t wait to share the rest of my stories and photos with you.

 

A traditional boat cruising down Mekong River – Cu Chi, Vietnam

Saigon Central Post Office – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Flower Garden – Da Lat, Vietnam

An off limits walkway in Truc Lam – Da Lat, Vietnam

Tuyen Lam Lake – Da Lat, Vietnam

Fishing boats – Mui Ne, Vietnam

ATV riding at the white sand dunes of Mui Ne, Vietnam

Red sand dunes – Mui Ne, Vietnam

Mui Ne Beach – Mui Ne, Vietnam

Oggy’s Kombi Bar – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Choeung Ek Genocidal Center Monument Stupa (Killing Fields) – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Prison cells at S21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Royal Palace – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Royal Palace – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Ta Prohm – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Bayon Temple – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Monks praying in front of the Angkor Wat – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Killing caves – Battambang, Cambodia

Monks coming back from their morning alms – Wat Kandal Battambang, Cambodia

Special day of Buddha – Wat Kandal Battambang, Cambodia

Flapping Duck guesthouse – Bangkok, Thailand

Kho Phi Phi, Thailand

Kho Phi Phi, Thailand

 

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