From the quiet serenity of Long Beach in Koh Rong, Cambodia to the frenetic streets of Hanoi, Asia is a continent full of intrigue, adventure, solace, and spirituality.
Putting the adventure in travel? What happens when you land at a dock in the small island of Koh Rong in the middle of the Gulf of Cambodia at dusk, and you are far from where you need to be? Oh, and there are no roads and no boat to get you where you need to go? We had taken our five-hour “VIP” minivan ride from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville thinking we would just hop...
We love elephants. One of our best travel days ever was in Chang Mai, Thailand, caring for some. So when we found out Cambodia has elephant rescue NGO’s helping these gentle giants live in natural forests, we were ready to go to any lengths to see them. Turns out those are pretty long lengths indeed. Welcome to Sean Monourom in Mondulkiri province in Eastern Cambodia...
The ghosts of the Chu Chi tunnels are thick here. They linger in the dank, humid air as spirits of soldiers – spirits of men who were brutal killers and those who were brutally killed here on this earth beneath our feet. The killing happened during both the war with France in 1945 and later during Vietnam Civil War, which the U.S. took part in on the side of...
I, Tanner Croddy, went to four movie sets so far this trip. The first movie set was on Castaway Island in Fiji, where the movie Castaway, starring Tom Hanks, was filmed. The second movie set was the Hobbiton, in Matamata, New Zealand, where The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were filmed. The third was in Halong Bay, Vietnam where King Kong, Skull Island and the...