Southeast Asia

Travel Diary in Southeast Asia — On Monday 27 March, a flight from Singapore brought us to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam, with a population approaching 9 million in 2019. …

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Travel Diary in Southeast Asia — On Sunday 26 March, we left Indonesia and arrived in Singapore. Entering Singapore at Changi Airport was smooth, as all we had to do was scan our passports. We had already registered our Arrival Card online. https://maiandchristravel.com/flying-from-makassar-to-singapore-with-batik-air/ However, when we tried to take the metro from the airport to the…

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Sabaidee Fest is so much bigger than music. — The historic performance was well worth the wait. On March 18–19, 2023 Sabaidee Fest made history by being the first music and cultural festival to host the largest gathering of Lao, Hmong, and Thai artists in the U.S. …

Travel Diary in Southeast Asia — We arrived in Ambon by boat this morning and went straight to the airport. There we bought tickets to Makassar and boarded the plane. https://maiandchristravel.com/travelling-from-banda-neira-to-ambon-on-the-pelni-boat-sabuk-106/ We used an Indonesian airline called Lion Air. Tomorrow, we will fly from Makassar to Singapore with Batik Air, another airline in the same group…

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation that made you wonder “how the hell did I end up here”? Well, I certainly did, as I found myself driving a motorbike between cargo trucks on the narrow mountain roads of the Hoa Binh province in Northern Vietnam while a drunk…

Once again, our best-laid plans to explore the beautiful country of Vietnam from the sprawling Mekong Delta in the south to the soaring mountains of the north were thwarted. …