Travelers looking to cross one of the many borders in Southeast Asia (specifically, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and parts of Thailand) will be met with one of the most confounding yet simple cash grabs on the face of the planet; the…
In Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), we had heard about the “Seeing Hands Massage” clinic from our guidebook. It was described as having ‘muscle melting’ massages from trained masseuses who were visually impaired. Now, I should say that I do…
Who would have thought that two individually dangerous things would create such a wonderfully useful device when put together? I mean bums are (often) dirty and smelly, and guns kill people. But the bum gun kills dirty smelly bums. I…
Not 30 seconds into our trip from Don Khon to Don Khong (it’s all in the G) in Laos, a loud “smack!” was heard followed by a scrapping noise running the length of the bus. Those of us with lighting-quick…
While staying in Kampot, Cambodia, Arienne and I were repeatedly warned that it was not safe to walk back to the hostel late at night. But this wasn’t the typical warning related to muggers, gropers, dealers etc. that we are…