Tag: history

• Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon

  

  We made our way to Saigon by plane on an early flight after an early departure from our hotel in Hoi An flying from Danang. The weather was definitely warmer and incredibly humid in the capital city. You could tell it was far more cosmopolitan than the previous places that we had visited really and…

  Emma

  January 3, 2018

  Vietnam

  Explore!, history, travels, Vietnam

• Khmer Rouge Regime Afternoon 

  

  I’m not really quite sure where to start with our afternoon of culture in Phnom Phen. I had done VERY little reading on the Khmer Rouge era and Pol Pot’s regime and as a result I think I was even more shocked with all of the information that I absorbed. First off, in the heat…

  Emma

  December 31, 2016

  Cambodia

  barbaric, brutality, genocide, history, khmer rouge, killing, murder, prison, regime

• Old Havana – walking tour & salsa class with cocktails

  Sleep I think happened at some point during the night. The air con was keeping me cool if nothing else! I was awake well before my alarm and dozing so I must have had some shut eye. We had a quick briefing from Marlon after an interesting selection in the buffet breakfast laid out in…

  Emma

  December 28, 2015

  Cuba

  Bar, cocktails, Cuba, culture, daquiri, Ernest Hemingway, Havana, history, hot, humid, mojito, queuing, salsa, travel, walking tour