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Border crossings are like legends. Travelers circulate tips, advice and helpful hints amongst each other in the hopes that they will spare another from the experience they had. For us, border crossing days were stressful — we felt our most vulnerable with passports in hand, cash in pockets and at our most vigilant against scams, [...]
Every time I see this picture I’m reminded of the Old Spice Ads. You know, the ones that start with a line like “Ladies, take a look at your man, now at me…” This border guard is definitely not that actor, but for some reason his posture and intensely serious yet playful expression remind me [...]
“That’ll be $2,” we were told by the border agent. We asked for what and were told that it was the ‘holiday’ fee because it was a Sunday. Never mind that neither Cambodia nor Laos are Christian countries or that any such fee officially exists, this is the way this border is run and there [...]
From Southern Vietnam there are two ways to get to Phnom Penh – the easy way and the scenic way. Gluttons for punishment or a sense of adventure, depending on how you see it, we decided to go the scenic way. Three days by boat through the Mekong Delta. For me the Mekong is one [...]
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