City of the Soaring Dragon
Hanoi is frantic and frenetic, unnerving and uncompromising, but it grows on you quickly. Hassles and scams can surely be found here, but so can unexpected kindness and unbridled energy. Hanoi gets under your skin, and it doesn’t take long to lose track of time once you start wandering. Even crossing the street can be […]
Battambing, Battambang, Battamboom
The river trip to Battambang from Siem Reap took 6 hours or so, passing through part of Tonle Sap Lake before entering countless narrow channels of the Prek Toal Wildlife Preserve (a birdwatcher’s paradise) and on to sections only passable when the water is high. People along the waterways live in wobbly-looking houses on stilts. […]