Tailor made
The airport in Dalat is small and new, and the check-in and security felt like any other airport, but only took about 5 minutes. We boarded our propeller plane and […]
Poop goes the weasel
On Tuesday morning, we were the first to board our bus to Dalat ($8.75 each), and we waited a few minutes for the other passengers to arrive. They never came. […]
We’re millionaires!
We had only been in Vietnam for about an hour, and we were already millionaires! In Dong that is… With an exchange rate of about 21,000 Dong to $1 US, […]
The day we turned brown
Tuesday morning at 7:20am sharp (10 minutes earlier than expected), the phone in our room rang: our minibus was here, but of course, we needed a few more minutes. By […]
TukTuk, sir? You need TukTuk? I take you “free”!
Back to the hustle and bustle and dirt of a big city, we returned to Phnom Penh. After listening to hours of Cambodian karaoke videos on the bus ride from […]
In the jungle, the mighty jungle – a downpour
After a seven hour bus ride from Phnom Penh ($9 each), we reached a small town in the southwestern region of Cambodia called Koh Kong. So, why Koh Kong? When […]
#thingsyouwouldneverdoathome
We fit right in, riding a rickety old bicycle (no helmet in sight) down a bumpy dirt road, in the dark with only our LED headlamps (the only indication we […]
Never leave home without your sarong
On Tuesday afternoon, we made our way from the central train station to our hotel. We chose to stay in the central part of downtown Bangkok so we could easily […]
What do Thais eat for breakfast?
Bright and early on Sunday morning… Well, ok, not bright because it was raining and not early because we love the snooze button… But nonetheless, on Sunday at around 10am […]
I wonder how you say “Shabbat Shalom” in Thai?
As the sun set over Rambuttri Rd in Bangkok, we headed to The Chabad house, where we joined another 150 or so Israeli travelers for Kabbalat Shabbat services followed by […]
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