Even though I have enough material to cover 10 blog posts, I'm going to hold off on doing too much text until after the break comes to a complete halt.
For the first 16 days of the break, Laura and I went to Sanya (Southernmost city in China), Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam), Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (in Cambodia), and also Bangkok and Phuket (in Thailand).
I took probably 500 pictures over those 2+ weeks. I thought I'd share some of them now. Enjoy!
The hotel in Sanya had ROBES
Not sure what's up with that girl, I just liked our resort's design
The extra fancy rooms had private pools.
The "lobby"
Our hotel was connected to an outdoor mall area
Selling overpriced whole coconuts is a big deal here.
Finally beach time
Sanya was gorgeous
The lobby's "interior"
First of many weddings I stumbled upon in the last few weeks.
Beyond those little islets lies the South China Sea and the Pacific ocean
Small inland lake.
Sometimes I catch Laura being beautiful <3<3
First view of Saigon, Vietnam!
Wait what??
Downtown Ho Chi Minh
French Style buildings all over. This is the opera house.
I'll follow this guy
Bikes forever. Forever bikes.
Sipping some legit Vietnamese iced coffee
Panorama from the roof of our hostel
About to have some pho
Laura is happy we're finally in a country with real bread
And ice! Iced tea and iced coffee all day!
Notre Dame Cathedral
The beautiful city post office right next door.
Bein' respectful
Uncle Ho watching over his post office
Mini plastic fruit!
More weddings
The beautiful (???) Saigon River
A BACON BAR
First time in my life I've been a millionaire. Thanks, hyperinflation!
On our food tour of the city
Ladies cooking up some shrimp for us
Crispy shrimp heads
Eating the notorious Balut. Hard-boiled egg with a very developed duck fetus inside
Laura likes the Balut
Met up with some pals
Bus ride out of the city and into the glorious green country side
Some of the official professionally done pics from our food tour
Marker signifying the end of Vietnam and the beginning of Cambodia
The border town next to Vietnam fancied itself as some sort of Las Vegas
Mekong River ferry crossing
A lot of the houses in Cambodia and Vietnam are build on stilts above ponds
Phnom Penh, Cambodia capital
Tonle Sap River walk
Wat Phnom temple in the city center
City market
The king's royal palace
Kingly billboard
Sunrise on the river
On the 6 hour boat ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Villages on stilts!
Floating villages!
The "port" at Siem Reap
Taking a tuk tuk into town
Beautiful Siem Reap
Needed a beer after that boat ride!
Fancy bug cafe in Siem Reap
Scorpion Salad
Tasty!
Bug-kebab skewer
Tarantulas are, no joke, the tastiest thing ever
And now 500 pictures of Angor Wat Archeological Park
Another border town. This is Poipet, on the way into Thailand
Last piece of Cambodia.
Okay! That's all we have time for! Around February 28 I'll upload pictures of Thailand and the rest of our China Travels. Also expect an XXL sized text post. Cheers!
