Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Author: Brynn

  • Day 65: Insult to Injury

    In case you haven’t gathered Thailand was not my favourite country. To be fair, we only saw a very small portion and it poured for almost our entire stay. That being said I think the surrounding countries are much more appealing. Things went sour for us almost immediately after crossing…

  • Days 62-64: Koh Yao Noi

    From Phuket we set sail to Koh Yao Noi an island in between Phuket Island and Krabi. It’s relatively unknown especially compared with PhiPhi or Ko Samui which is why we picked it. We had learned about it from friends who had visited earlier this year and raved about it.…

  • Days 55-61: Generic

    We decided a while ago to cut out a lot of our Thailand travel plans because they were overly ambitious. Instead we were going to use the time to relax on the beach in Southern Thailand. After arriving in Phuket we rented a motorbike and headed to Rawai to meet…

  • Days 53&54: BKK? No thanks.

    We eventually arrived in Bangkok Thursday evening after switching between a bus, a pickup truck and a minivan. We didn’t accomplish anything other than finding a place to sleep and eat after that. Friday we had hoped would be a little more successful. We walked down to the Grand Palace…

  • Day 51: Blood Siem Reap and Tears

    Traveling in SE asia is cheap. It’s cheap because the majority of the people live at a level that most developed countries would conside severely sub-standard. Since we have been spending so much time taking advantage of this we figured it was time to give something back. Cambodia seemed like…

  • Day 50: Angkor Wat

    No trip to Cambodia is really compete without paying a visit to Angkor Wat so like every other Cambodian tourist we went to take a look. I’d like to say that I was blown away by the ruins but I’d be exaggerating. Don’t get me wrong they were impressive and…

  • Day 48: Mr.Borith

    Our first full day in Phnom Penh Jacob made a new friend. Mr Borith is a tuk-tuk driver who hangs out in front of the guest house where we were staying. They struck up a conversation after Mr Borith somehow guessed that Jacob was Canadian. Mr Borith explained that he…

  • Day 47: Have You Seen My Ghost

    For our first depressing event in Phnom Penh our new best friend, Mr. Borith, dropped us off at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). The museum is at the high school turned prison by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s. This particular prison was where they took anybody suspected of…