Kampot is a coastal city on the Preaek Tuek Chhu River in southern Cambodia. We’d had our eyes on heading there for several weeks so it felt good to finally get the opportunity to hop on a totally empty, A/C blasted, $8/ticket mini bus for the three-hour jaunt out of Phnom Penh. Although the area is most widely known for…
We knew very little about Georgian cuisine before arriving there other than the drool-worthy recommendations we’d read on guidebooks and blogs. But we knew we were highly intrigued. The recommendations lived up to their hype and in the three weeks we traveled here, we never tired of it once thanks to its variety, simple sophistication, and unique flavors and spices…
As we barreled south of the Georgian border into Armenia in our mini bus (which we got overcharged for), the terrain became drier, the sun more intense, but the road equally bone shaking, as it continued to wind tumultuously through the mountains. It was a relative easy border crossing with only us, some locals and two Asian ladies whom our…
The Republic of Georgia is fast becoming the tourism hot spot for travelers in-the-know for Eastern Europe. And for good reason. The Georgian people are some of the most welcoming and warmest we’ve ever met, the cities and culture are dynamic and storied, the tucked away villages and ruins draw you in with their authenticity and charm, the nature is…
One of the world’s oldest cities, 1500-year old Tbilisi is the pulsating heart of the Caucus Mountains. It breathes a history which intertwines the Silk Road, ancient Christianity, and sulphur baths and combines with a modern, thriving city sometimes even said to be “the New Berlin.” It was a great city to stroll in…and we soaked it in in more…
After a week in Siem Reap, we were ready to get off the grid and experience authentic village life in Cambodia. Our original plan had included heading to Kratie in central Cambodia to stay in the countryside for two weeks volunteering to teach English to village kids. Unfortunately, thanks to COVID, our plans got upended, so we opted instead to…
It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve seen it in movies or pictures, getting a glimpse of the UNESCO world heritage site of Angkor Wat in person rendered us both speechless. An awe took over our bodies with seeing something so truly magnificent, practically turning us to jelly. But Angkor Wat is so much more than just one temple complex,…
Thailand/Cambodia Poipet Border Crossing We bust through another border! After all the reading and blog watching we’d done about the Poipet border, we actually thought it was going to be a challenging one so we made sure to get an e-visa online and not do a visa on arrival. By doing this, you can just bypass the touts with their…
