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Quaint USAQUEN !! 🇨🇴 Bogota Day Trip To A Lovely Market Town!

December 8, 2024 by hollyGS

We woke up at about 7 30 am and had some cheese covered toast and hot water for breakfast. We then set out on a walk to try and take a bus to Monserrate, but it was Sunday so the main bus street near us was closed to cars and buses from 7am- 2pm. So we walked down the street with the locals on bikes, rollerblades and running. We checked out some lovely street art and then bought some coffee […]

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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 First Impressions (Is it Safe?)

December 1, 2024 by hollyGS

We didn’t leave for the airport until 2pm as our flight was at 10pm. We walked from our house, 30 minutes to the mall in the cold Canadian February weather. When we arrived at the mall, Jives bought some gum for the flight. He needs it to equalize the pressure in his ears on landing. We then headed to the GO bus stop to catch the bus for 2:49 but it never arrived. Eventually at 3:30pm they sent another bus […]

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LEAVING VIETNAM! Visiting a Secret War Bunker (American/ Vietnam War)

November 24, 2024 by hollyGS

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had a low start to the day, finished cooking up our eggs and toast for breakfast and had a few coffees on the balcony before setting out. We first set off towards the Independence Palace or the Reunification Palace, depending who you ask. It was about a twenty minute walk. The palace is historically incredibly important as this is the place where the Vietnam/American War pretty much ended when two tanks from the Northern Army drove through […]

Categories: Asia, Vietnam • Tags: Asia, backpacking, Beer, budget travel, bui vien, cheap travel, do it yourself border crossing, end of vietnam war, first impressions vietnam, ho chi minh city, independance palace, is ho chi minh safe, is vietnam safe, japanese quarter, leaving vietnam, night life vietnam, reunification palace, saigon or ho chi minh, self guided, self guided walking tour, solo female vietnam, street food, travel, travel vlog, trying vietnamese food, vietnam border crossing, visa on arrival vietnam, visa requirements vietnam, walking tour, war bunker vietnam, what to do in saigon, what to see in ho chi minh

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SAIGON Walking Tour of District 5 (SELF GUIDED Walking Tour)

November 20, 2024 by hollyGS

We had some onigiri in our room and a few coffees before heading out on a walking adventure to district 5. I had made a quick little walking tour in maps.me , pinning a bunch of clan houses, temples and sites in the area of Binh Tay Market. We walked all the way from central district 1 to 5 and it took about an hour, but we stopped to film a rap take in front of a crazy crossroads/ intersection. […]

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First Impressions of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) VIETNAM! War Museum, Jade Emperor Pagoda

November 11, 2024 by hollyGS

I woke up at 5:00am once again, but we had a super slow morning. We made a few coffees, which was difficult as the Airbnb did not have any mugs to drink coffee in, only metal cups that became volcanic when you pour hot liquid in them. So I put the metal cups in bowls so we could hold them.. A bit tricky to drink but functional. We cooked up some simple breakfast on the hot pad. This was also […]

Categories: Asia, Vietnam • Tags: american war museum, Asia, backpacking, Beer, book street, budget travel, cheap travel, Hanoi, khu ben nghe street food market, le van tam park, night life vietnam, notre dame cathedral, saigon, self guided, self guided walking tour, travel, travel vlog, Vietnam, vietnam war museum, walking tour, war remnants museum

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Crossing The Border From Cambodia to Vietnam by Bus (Visa Requirements For Canadians)

October 16, 2024 by hollyGS

I woke up at 4:30am because there was such a crazy thunderstorm, it was shaking the building. We had two coffees each before heading down to breakfast. During breakfast the power turned off and never did go back on before we left, which made checking out a bit tricky. Thankfully we had packed as our room was very dark to pack in. The lady at the front desk arranged a tuk tuk for us to Sakura Avenue where our bus […]

Categories: Asia, Cambodia, Vietnam • Tags: 12 go asia, Asia, backpacking, Beer, budget travel, cheap travel, giant ibis bus, ibis, self guided, self guided walking tour, travel, travel vlog, walking tour

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Visiting the ROYAL PALACE in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Last Day in Cambodia)

October 9, 2024 by hollyGS

I woke up and had some coffee on the balcony before going down for breakfast. We had a simpler breakfast this time, eggs and toast. We decided to head to the palace first thing, as it was open 9-11am and then 2-5pm. The palace was about a five minute walk away. We had our most aggressive tuk tuk driver yet approach us on the way to the palace (the east entrance facing the river), but we were right in front […]

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What to See and Do in Phnom Penh Cambodia!

October 2, 2024 by hollyGS

I woke up at my usual 5:30-6:00am and made coffee to have on our incredible balcony overlooking the pool. We went down to breakfast by the pool at about 8am. To order breakfast, we were instructed to check off foods on a list. I chose fried egg and fried rice with toast and coffee. Jives ordered the same except he added fruit. It was a lot of food, but it was nice to see Jives have an appetite again. We […]

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Siem Reap to Phnom Penh Cambodia (How to take the Local Bus)

September 22, 2024 by hollyGS

I convinced Jives to go down to the pool at around 3pm, but just as we were sitting on the pool side lounges for one minute, it began to rain pretty hard. I was starting to feel pretty cursed. We retreated to our room and sat on the balcony which we hadn’t done yet. After an hour we went down to the pool again, but it started raining immediately. We got in the pool regardless, but only briefly. When we […]

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Quaint USAQUEN !! 🇨🇴 Bogota Day Trip To A Lovely Market Town!

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 First Impressions (Is it Safe?)

LEAVING VIETNAM! Visiting a Secret War Bunker (American/ Vietnam War)

SAIGON Walking Tour of District 5 (SELF GUIDED Walking Tour)

First Impressions of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) VIETNAM! War Museum, Jade Emperor Pagoda

Crossing The Border From Cambodia to Vietnam by Bus (Visa Requirements For Canadians)

Visiting the ROYAL PALACE in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Last Day in Cambodia)

What to See and Do in Phnom Penh Cambodia!

Siem Reap to Phnom Penh Cambodia (How to take the Local Bus)