Final thoughts on our Asia trip 😀
- We started our trip with a beautiful wedding of our daughter No 2 in Exeter NSW, with all our family travelling over for a special time together 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
- In the past month on our trip through Vietnam, Cambodia & Singapore we have.......📅
- Taken 6 flights totaling 28 hours in the air ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️
- Spent 22 hours sitting in airports💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺💺
- Travelled through 4 countries 🌍🌍🌍🌍
- Think we almost saw all 9 million scooter & 1 million cars that are on the road in Saigon!
- Taken a cruise package with imagine cruising on Lotus cruises - a Mekong river cruise. Was excellent & the best staff onboard we have ever come across 🚢😇😇😇
- Enjoyed 500kms of the river - it is totally brown from all the sand dredging that is happening everywhere. And is unfortunately eroding the banks, changing the river structure substantially ⌛
- The cruise went from a few hours out of Ho Chi Mihn/Saigon, along the Mekong river & into Cambodia, ending in Siem Reap
- It was interesting to cross the border from Vietnam into Cambodia, an official came onboard & hand wrote every visa, which had to be paid in USD 💸💸💸
- Found out we Loved Cambodia - the people are so kind & everything is so, so cheap😇😇😇
- Felt humbled after visiting the killing fields where 16,000 innocent people were killed & H-21 detention Tuol Sleng prison- where 12,000 people were murdered 😔
- Walked amongst 3 world heritage UNESCO temples in Siem Reap - amazing beyond words 🛕🛕🛕
- Loved Phnom Pehn & the night tour via fast tuk tuk & a visit to a rooftop bar, overlooking the city 🌃
- Marveled at being blessed by a Buddhist monk & him tying 'happy bracelets' on our wrists 🔆🔆
- Loved Pub St in Siem Reap-all the restaurants with outdoor seating, wonderful food & so cheap🍻
- loved being at the F1 grand prix in Singapore over 3 nights (but gosh those small plastic seats were a killer!)🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️
- Found we could survive the temperatures & incredible humidity up to 95%!! 🥵🔆
- 3 showers a day became normal!🚿🚿🚿
- Drank approx 54 beers between us 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
- Saw that Cambodia has its own currency, but USD is king there 💸
- Beers were between 75c - $1.50 a pint in Cambodia & in comparison - they were $20 each at the grand prix😟
- Averaged around 12,000 steps a day, but also put on 1 & 2 kgs between us!😶
- Heres to living our best lives through travel & all we've worked towards over 40+ yrs!
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That is a fabulous summary Denise and so thankful that we could share some of the memories with you.
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