Temples in Siem Reap attract millions of visitors each year, especially those set within the Angkor Archaeological Park. In 1992 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and there are approximately 50 Buddhist and Hindu temples dating back to the 12th century within its grounds. While most of the structures have collapsed and …
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Cambodian writing, so cursive, artistic and difficult to write and learn, I imagine! This lady has about four dogs and was hand feeding puppies. The mother dog was close to her pups on the ground so maybe she was helping the bitch out. I saw so many pregnant dogs in VN and Cambodia. Neutering isn’t …
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Given we were staying in a hotel on the Mekong Delta, a speedboat bound for Phnom Penh picked us up right outside. It was a wonderful opportunity to experience a little more of the Mekong Delta. Floating fishing village. The sheer size of the Mekong Delta is astonishing. It is thought to impact the lives …
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We took a bus from Can Tho to Chau Doc, VN, this took about seven hours as there were lots of breaks. We arrived at Chau Doc and found ourselves in a fabulous hotel overlooking the Mekong Delta. What’s not to like! Here there be birds, lizards and geckos. The guy in this picture had …
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I’ve wanted to see the Mekong Delta for a long time, so next up, Can Tho. We took a five hour bus journey from Saigon to Can Tho, VN, and while there we visited the floating markets. Here the Mekong is deep and wide, and many live on the river banks in wooden, stilted houses. …
We drove back from Ha Long Bay to Hanoi and boarded an overnight sleeper train bound for Hue. We had some misgivings about this train as some of the reviews listed a catalogue of horrors, including overflowing, rancid toilets, and infestations of cockroaches and rats. The idea of rats didn’t particularly bother us as we’ve …
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We were driven from Hanoi to Halong Bay, a drive of about four hours, through the countryside, which mainly consisted of fields where rice and vegetables were growing. While in Hanoi, I was astonished at how few birds there were, I put this down to pollution, although a local told me that birds were shot …
Where on earth to start re Hanoi! I can honestly say I have never experienced a place quite like it. We stayed in the Old Quarter, the old French Colonial area, a busy, vibrant, bustling place. It has a magnetism that draws you in. There are over three million motorbikes on the roads in Hanoi, …
This aged fence should be the miracle, hanging on as it did! It was literally held together by ivy and once that was removed it began to fall down! Is it just me, or does that ancient, source of all ivy, to the left of this pic, gnarled branches and all, have an eye? Be …
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It’s been all systems go this week. At last, this wall is ivy free, and order has been restored, to this little bit of the courtyard anyway. It’s been an absolute battle, especially scraping the remnants off the wall, in the end, hubs burnt it off, well, singed it enough for me to paint over …
