I went on a 2-week bagpacking trip to Cambodia and Vietnam last december and haven't the time to blog about it, despite all the time spent on writing about other insignificant stuff.
There're 10 things you really should do:
- swat the houseflies before and while you eat, or they may linger around your food or land on you (cities: Phnom Penh and Siem Reap).
- bring charcoal pills, they come in really handy in case you LS after drinking coffee, esp iced sold alng the roadside (Saigon).
- bring extra cash, USD (preferred), dong or riel to get into the express queue at the Vietnamese customs at the borders.
- must love dogs in Cambodia and you can find them everywhere. Think you can find them on the dining table in Vietnam.
- eat (cooked food)by the roadside, a wonderful dining experience!
- stock up cup noodles and memories of you mom's cookin before you hit Cambodia.
- Visit Angkor Wat- but grab all your winter clothing or all of the hotel's towel/blanket you can find when u take the tuk tuk to Angkor Wat early in the morning. Or you can bring a heater;catch sunrise and sunset at Angkor; climb to the top of the "Wats" for the sunset
- squueze at least 4 persons on a motorbike in Cambodia.
- read up the history of Vietnam and Cambodia b4 you go, ethnically sensitive issues here n there, dun get your tongue chopped off unknowingly...
- u can grab a cheong lonely planet for USD 2-10.... must buy ah!!!
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