Things are finally starting to roll and the reality of our next adventure is becoming more and more real...
This week we have bought our plane tickets. YAY! We land in Vietnam late on the evening of the 20th of May. We have also booked our Cambodia and Vietnam visas...we just need to pay and then we are all set.
As for the other countries (Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia) we don't need to organise anything beforehand. Awesome!
So now I have been doing some reading about what amazing things we should do.
So far on the list.
Vietnam
Hire a scooter
Stay on a junker in Halong Bay
Visit a coffee plantation
Visit war memorials
Cambodia
The killing fields
Ankor Wat
Battambang
Laos
The Gibbon Experience
Travel by boat along the Mekong river to Thailand
Thailand
Island hop
Go to Elephant sanctuaries
Indulge in a Thai curry
Malaysia
Sleep in a forest with nothing but a tent in the Cameron Highlands
Malay Curry
Check out the high rise buildings in Kuala Lumpur
It promises to be epic!! If you have visited the area and can think of must see places and things to do...please let us know! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
More changes
As a result of some family issues I had to leave Korea for a month and head back to South Africa. However, now I am back in the land of the morning calm and Oliver and I have been talking about what impact the emergency has had on our upcoming adventure.
We are reluctant to give up on our hopes of backpacing around South East Asia so we have had to make some adaptations in order to make the trip a little more affordable.
China is the most expensive country to visit on our list, it is also the biggest meaning that a short trip there is just not worth it. We initally had 12 days dedicated to China so as to allow for a decent amount of sightseeing while heading south to Vietnam. After the incident I thought that maybe we could visit China, Beijing, for a couple of days before taking a train ride down to Hanoi; but the train ride is two days and the flight is a little more than we are willing to pay just for a couple of days in Beijing.
We are sad to see China go but have promised ourselves that when we return to explore Mongolia, China will be there with it!
One benefit of dropping China is that we have more time in the South and may even be able to add Laos to the mix. Laos is the least explored of the awesome countries in South East Asia and is often dubbed the "forgotten" country. It sounds right up our alley and I think we would have an amazing experience there.
With just over two months to go before we head off on our adventure we need to start getting things in order. Visas, etc!
Eeeeeeek, it's just too exciting!
We are reluctant to give up on our hopes of backpacing around South East Asia so we have had to make some adaptations in order to make the trip a little more affordable.
China is the most expensive country to visit on our list, it is also the biggest meaning that a short trip there is just not worth it. We initally had 12 days dedicated to China so as to allow for a decent amount of sightseeing while heading south to Vietnam. After the incident I thought that maybe we could visit China, Beijing, for a couple of days before taking a train ride down to Hanoi; but the train ride is two days and the flight is a little more than we are willing to pay just for a couple of days in Beijing.
We are sad to see China go but have promised ourselves that when we return to explore Mongolia, China will be there with it!
One benefit of dropping China is that we have more time in the South and may even be able to add Laos to the mix. Laos is the least explored of the awesome countries in South East Asia and is often dubbed the "forgotten" country. It sounds right up our alley and I think we would have an amazing experience there.
With just over two months to go before we head off on our adventure we need to start getting things in order. Visas, etc!
Eeeeeeek, it's just too exciting!
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