Our last stop in Thailand was the island of Ko Phi Phi, a small hilly strand of land surrounded by the sea in the south of Thailand. The area is part of a marine national park and as such development is ‘limited’ to the largest of the islands, though the extent of the development is… Read More Middle of Somewhere
If it hasn’t been clear already, the whole of Southeast Asia seems to be washed over in a massive trade of tourists, coming both from its nearby neighbors and the Western countries, driving up costs along the way and at times souring an experience. If there is a midpoint for all of this, it is… Read More At the Epicenter: Bangkok
Hours later we arrived into Siem Reap, which is in essence a large boomtown perched on the northern shores of the Tonle Sap. It is a tourism center of Cambodia and this is evident in the many, many, many Western faces crowding the city center’s pleasant streets and the global assortment of restaurants. Not to… Read More Onwards to Angkor
We boarded an early morning bus headed out of Saigon to Cambodia’s largest city, Phnom Penh. The drive was nice and slow, moving along through the countryside and across smoothly paved roads making for a pleasant enough ride fueled by pistachios and choco-pies while watching the water buffalo outside. Near the end of the ride… Read More A Holiday in Cambodia
Zak Abroad 