Market
Banlung is the capital of Ratanakiri province, situated in north east Cambodia. The town is small but sees the traffic of neigbouring ethnic minority villages as they come to town to sell their wares at the large central market. A little out of Banlung sits the beautifully clear volcanic lake Yeak Laom which is over 4,000 year […]
Kratié (pron. Kra-cheh) is situated in eastern Cambodia and lies on the banks of the Mekong River. The town has a central marketplace which is surrounded by colonial French architecture, no bombs landed here so its architecture remains unscathed by war. The Kratie stretch of the Mekong is home to Irrawaddy dolphins, so it’s a popular […]
20 August 2016 Despite the amazingly tranquil surroundings, Tracey unfortunately slept very badly. It had been a very hot night, and the fan in the room could only do so much to try and alleviate the heat. Added to this, the boats were active on the river from very very early, making it an early […]
13 August 2016 After the rain storms of the night before, we wake up to quite a sunny morning, but still signs of the rains on the ground. After packing up and heading out from the hotel, we head to a local shop to buy a couple of cans of iced coffee, then to the […]
12 August 2016 We wake up relatively early as it’s a potentially big days ride, and we have no idea what the roads are going to be like since we are now heading a bit off the beaten track on the way to Anlong Veng. As a wake up drink, we still have in the […]
23 July 2016 We’re both awake at the crack of dawn…. Well, actually it’s 30 minutes until dawn, but we are awake. In a haze, we manage to get dressed and head downstairs to grab a bike to go see the floating market. It’s the first time on our travels we’ve been up before the […]
22 July 2016 As a bit of an outing for the day, we decide to take a bit of a ride around some of the Mekong delta canals and back lanes, hopefully to also see the market at the remote 7 rivers junction. Setting off out of Can Tho, it was a fairy swift blast […]
21 July 2016 We are woken by very loud noises and the room literally shaking. It sounds as if they are demolishing the hotel with us in it. We pack up hastily and head downstairs. The woman from the hotel insists (as always) on giving us the victory sign right in our faces with a […]
We arrived in Ninh Binh late in the afternoon after a long days riding. We rode around and set about finding ourselves a Nha Nghi – it really wasn’t too long before we found one fairly central with a very friendly manager (who wanted to buy our bikes!). After settling in we decided to roam […]
Cat Ba is a lovely relaxing holiday spot that we’d visited last year. It’s a relatively small island and situated about four hours by car/ferry, east of Hanoi. There are several beautiful beaches that are pristine and have been very peaceful each time we’ve visited them. After four long days biking on the varied Vietnamese roads […]
