
-2 Weeks Solo Traveling Cambodia (mid-end of April 2025) Journal Snippets I got to my new hostel in Phnom Penh with new excited energy and the young local staff does not match my energy and excitement. The hospitality and warmth of the hostel in Ho Chi Minh is long gone. It’s little things like that […]

3.5 Weeks Solo Traveling Vietnam – North to South backpacking itinerary (March 19-April 13) Itinerary: Hanoi – Ha Giang – Sapa – Hanoi – Cat Ba – Ninh Binh – Phong Nha – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam was a country I was drawn to visiting and it turned out to be […]

As I spend another day sick at a hostel, I contemplate how often I’ve gotten sick so far in just 2.5 months. A lot more than at home. First there was an episode of a stomach bug I believe I got from swallowing river water – it took ten days of eating a bland diet […]