The Monkey Queen

My friends and I encountered monkeys at various places in South East Asia – the first was Monkey Beach in Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, where a monkey climbed a woman and ripped an empty cup from her hands, so we knew to keep our distance. Two months later, we found ourselves…

Bus ride to Hoa Binh

While in Northern Vietnam, my friend had a classmate from Hoa Binh, a small hill town outside of Hanoi. My friend went in the morning and other three of us were going to join up with her that afternoon (after a doctor’s appointment– see that Misadventure here. Just as we were about to leave…

Cambodia & Vietnam

Jan 16, 2011 Before starting school again, my roommates and I decided to volunteer in Cambodia and then tour some of SE Asia. Our landlord in Australia and his family are major supporters of New Hope Cambodia. This organization has a health clinic, school and farm located in one of the…