Less than 2 months before Cambodia and I still haven't booked the tickets or settled accommodation. I really don't want to delay this any longer but the current situation in Phnom Penh is worrying. The protests have been put down but it all still seems pretty unstable...what with people getting shot and all. There isn't much word about how safe it is for tourists which probably means it should be okay but I just want more assurance. Dad's thinking of skipping Phnom Penh and flying to Siem Reap straight and I'm considering doing that too but it'll mean spending waaay more than I hoped on airfare:( But yes, money shouldn't be an issue when it comes to safety. I've been reading Tripadvisor forums and the situation doesn't seem entirely dire. I just wouldn't want to get caught near a protest...especially since people have been shot. Perhaps I'm worrying too much.
Ahhh, I just want to buy my tickets and start booking accommodation. The trip just doesn't feel like it's happening until all that is done. You know that feeling??? Haha.
On another note, I've been reading First They Killed by Father by Loung Ung. I'm not even halfway through the book but it's already making me think twice about visiting The Killing Fields and the Genocide Museum. People have been telling me that I should skip Phnom Penh because those places are depressing but I feel like I should still visit them though. I want to and I feel like I should face the harsh realities of Cambodia's painful past. It's going to be sad but I feel it is a sadness I should experience especially since I'm visiting the country.
Ahh, we'll see how this trip pans out.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Monday, December 30, 2013
Where Do You Want to Go in 2014?
Inspired by Twenty-Something Travel
Read Twenty-Something Travel's post and decided to put together my own list of places I want to visit in 2014!
Cambodia
The return tickets have been bought. Now I'm just waiting for a good deal on the tickets to Phnom Penh. I've planned out the route and more or less figured out the places we want to cover. We'll be landing in Phnom Penh, taking a bus or car to Battambang and then a 6-7 hour boat ride to Siem Reap. All this over 7 days with visits to The Killing Fields, Genocide Museum, Bat Cave, Tonle Sap and Angkor Wat. We're going to ride on the allegedly soon-to-be-extinct Bamboo Train as well...(at least I hope to get my dad to do it. Haha). It's going to be a pretty short trip so I've got to make sure things are figured out before we embark.
Likelihood: Very high! :D
New Zealand
I've been telling my friend and cousin studying in New Zealand that I want to visit them while they're there and I think it's about time I actually go! I'm going to try my best to make this trip happen. It's going to be a longer than usual one, probably 3 weeks to a month . I'm waiting for cheap tickets and hoping like hell that I don't regret missing the sale that Jetstar was having about a month back! Bus and train will be my main transport options and I definitely want to do some treks, climb some glaciers and bungy off some ledges. Am considering couchsurfing and maybe WWOOFing for a bit too. We'll see how it goes. I'll probably be starting with Auckland and then heading down South. My sis and nephew might join me in North Island for a while too. We'll see how things go. I'm waiting for cheap tickets now so *fingers crossed* My eye's on the prize!
Likelihood: High!
South-East Asia
THIS is THE TRIP. The trip I've been wanting to do for years. Inspired after reading Tony Wheeler's blog on his Singapore - Shanghai overland trip years back, I made it a goal to do this is the near future. No planes, just land/sea travel.Years have passed and the near future has gotten further than I would have liked. Haha. Not anymore I hope! I wanted to do this after graduating from Poly but I never got around to actually doing it. I guess perhaps the time was not right? The universe has its way of fitting things unplanned into your timeline. Several years on now and after working full time for more than two years in an uneventful job, I think the time might be 2014. Although my dad has taken a step back and given my rein of my life, he still worries for me and if he worries enough, he might grab the reins back so I'm not sure if this trip will happen. I'll probably know for sure next year.
Likelihood: Maybe?
Sabah, Malaysia
To climb Mount Kinabalu of course! I would like to do this with family or friends though. If I can just find someone/ some people up for the challenge...
Likelihood: Who knows?
Vietnam
If my SEA trip doesn't happen, I want to visit Vietnam or more specifically the Mekong Delta and places around it with MY! She keeps saying she wants to sit in a boat with a straw hat. So this is the place to go. Haha.
Likelihood: Medium High
United States of America
There's talk of visiting Florida again with the kids. But talk is cheap. Hopefully this year it happens and if the time is right and all falls into place, I will be able to tag along!
Likelihood: Low
China
My dad's friend is organizing another trip there. This time to Xinjiang (if I'm not wrong). I would absolutely love to tag along if the dates don't clash with work. China has proven to be quite an amazing place and after my last trip there, I have been yearning to see more of her. I really did not give her enough credit before. The trip's not entirely confirmed yet so hopefully the dates will change and I will be able to go!
Likelihood: Low
Krabi, Thailand
I want to rockclimb again at Railay!!! And I want to check out the rest of Krabi too.
Likelihood: Medium High
Malaysia
It's just next door so why not put it in the list? I would like to visit Penang again if possible! Or maybe a family trip to Taman Negara?
Likelihood: Who knows?
Where do you want to go in 2014?
Read Twenty-Something Travel's post and decided to put together my own list of places I want to visit in 2014!
Cambodia
The return tickets have been bought. Now I'm just waiting for a good deal on the tickets to Phnom Penh. I've planned out the route and more or less figured out the places we want to cover. We'll be landing in Phnom Penh, taking a bus or car to Battambang and then a 6-7 hour boat ride to Siem Reap. All this over 7 days with visits to The Killing Fields, Genocide Museum, Bat Cave, Tonle Sap and Angkor Wat. We're going to ride on the allegedly soon-to-be-extinct Bamboo Train as well...(at least I hope to get my dad to do it. Haha). It's going to be a pretty short trip so I've got to make sure things are figured out before we embark.
Likelihood: Very high! :D
New Zealand
I've been telling my friend and cousin studying in New Zealand that I want to visit them while they're there and I think it's about time I actually go! I'm going to try my best to make this trip happen. It's going to be a longer than usual one, probably 3 weeks to a month . I'm waiting for cheap tickets and hoping like hell that I don't regret missing the sale that Jetstar was having about a month back! Bus and train will be my main transport options and I definitely want to do some treks, climb some glaciers and bungy off some ledges. Am considering couchsurfing and maybe WWOOFing for a bit too. We'll see how it goes. I'll probably be starting with Auckland and then heading down South. My sis and nephew might join me in North Island for a while too. We'll see how things go. I'm waiting for cheap tickets now so *fingers crossed* My eye's on the prize!
Likelihood: High!
South-East Asia
THIS is THE TRIP. The trip I've been wanting to do for years. Inspired after reading Tony Wheeler's blog on his Singapore - Shanghai overland trip years back, I made it a goal to do this is the near future. No planes, just land/sea travel.Years have passed and the near future has gotten further than I would have liked. Haha. Not anymore I hope! I wanted to do this after graduating from Poly but I never got around to actually doing it. I guess perhaps the time was not right? The universe has its way of fitting things unplanned into your timeline. Several years on now and after working full time for more than two years in an uneventful job, I think the time might be 2014. Although my dad has taken a step back and given my rein of my life, he still worries for me and if he worries enough, he might grab the reins back so I'm not sure if this trip will happen. I'll probably know for sure next year.
Likelihood: Maybe?
Sabah, Malaysia
To climb Mount Kinabalu of course! I would like to do this with family or friends though. If I can just find someone/ some people up for the challenge...
Likelihood: Who knows?
Vietnam
If my SEA trip doesn't happen, I want to visit Vietnam or more specifically the Mekong Delta and places around it with MY! She keeps saying she wants to sit in a boat with a straw hat. So this is the place to go. Haha.
Likelihood: Medium High
United States of America
There's talk of visiting Florida again with the kids. But talk is cheap. Hopefully this year it happens and if the time is right and all falls into place, I will be able to tag along!
Likelihood: Low
China
My dad's friend is organizing another trip there. This time to Xinjiang (if I'm not wrong). I would absolutely love to tag along if the dates don't clash with work. China has proven to be quite an amazing place and after my last trip there, I have been yearning to see more of her. I really did not give her enough credit before. The trip's not entirely confirmed yet so hopefully the dates will change and I will be able to go!
Likelihood: Low
Krabi, Thailand
I want to rockclimb again at Railay!!! And I want to check out the rest of Krabi too.
Likelihood: Medium High
Malaysia
It's just next door so why not put it in the list? I would like to visit Penang again if possible! Or maybe a family trip to Taman Negara?
Likelihood: Who knows?
Where do you want to go in 2014?
Monday, December 9, 2013
A trip with my dad!
I'll be doing a trip to Cambodia with my dad next year! I've had in mind to do a father-daughter trip with him for a while and now that I finally have the finances, freedom and ability to plan, it is happening! He wanted my mom to go at first but I was pretty dead set that I wanted it to be a father daughter thing so he (and my mom) relented. Hahaha. I picked Cambodia because I knew my dad wanted to visit Angkor Wat and he loves history so I figured if I were going to propose a father-daughter trip anywhere and have him agree without much hesitation, Cambodia would be it
Part of the reason why I wanted to go to Cambodia with my dad is because I knew that if I were going to visit places like the Killing Fields, the Landmine Musuem and the Genocide Museum, he would be the one person I wanted to have with me.
So yep, the trip is happening next year. It's going to be and is turning out to be quite an experience(just at the planning stage!). May the force be with me and may I be able to prove to my dad that I'm more capable than I seem. Haha.
Part of the reason why I wanted to go to Cambodia with my dad is because I knew that if I were going to visit places like the Killing Fields, the Landmine Musuem and the Genocide Museum, he would be the one person I wanted to have with me.
So yep, the trip is happening next year. It's going to be and is turning out to be quite an experience(just at the planning stage!). May the force be with me and may I be able to prove to my dad that I'm more capable than I seem. Haha.
Monday, November 11, 2013
2014
Already making travel plans for 2014. I have not forgotten about Operation Figureshitout (the name of my mission to figure out what else I want to do other than travel - work at a new place or study?) but it's just so much more easier and less stressful to think about travelling.
ANYWAY, here's what I've been thinking about: New Zealand hopefully in May - trekking, handgliding, skydiving, bungy jumping, visiting family and friend. Short trips to Krabi again to rockclimb, Borneo to climb Kinabalu (I hope!!) OR visit Taman Negara OR climb Rinjani (whichever as long as I climb/trek something/place), a family trip (I'll let the family decide), and if I have enough capability to plan two big trips AND if I have enough finances, perhaps I'll do my SEA overland trip - Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand - Lao - Cambodia - Vietnam - China. Parents will probably not be pleased but I will try to ease it to them. Lately I've been feeling like 2014 might be the right time to start doing these trips I've had planned. It would be good if I could figure out what happens next though. I think my parents and I would be more reassured if I had more concrete plans of what happens after. But for now, let's just wallow in the glorious feeling of planning tentative trips to take in the near future.
ANYWAY, here's what I've been thinking about: New Zealand hopefully in May - trekking, handgliding, skydiving, bungy jumping, visiting family and friend. Short trips to Krabi again to rockclimb, Borneo to climb Kinabalu (I hope!!) OR visit Taman Negara OR climb Rinjani (whichever as long as I climb/trek something/place), a family trip (I'll let the family decide), and if I have enough capability to plan two big trips AND if I have enough finances, perhaps I'll do my SEA overland trip - Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand - Lao - Cambodia - Vietnam - China. Parents will probably not be pleased but I will try to ease it to them. Lately I've been feeling like 2014 might be the right time to start doing these trips I've had planned. It would be good if I could figure out what happens next though. I think my parents and I would be more reassured if I had more concrete plans of what happens after. But for now, let's just wallow in the glorious feeling of planning tentative trips to take in the near future.
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