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…
Category: Vietnam
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…