THE NOT SO BLONDE TRAVEL

I was lucky to be born in Tunisia, where the beaches are truly beautiful. Hammamet, TUNISIA  Unfortunately, beach wise, it makes me a little pickier than say maybe someone who was born in England. However, South East Asia never fails to impress me. Thailand's beaches were beautiful, the islands off of Bali in Indonesia were just untouched perfection and Cambodia did not disappoint either.  Angkor Wat was the main pull to go to Cambodia, but I am a beach bum so I couldn't get myself to skip Sihanoukville in the southern part of Cambodia before heading to Siem Reap . Plus my brother had insisted I stop there and check out the beach town.  So after 3 intense days in Vietnam and a 16 hour long journey, I found myself waking up in Sihanoukville. However no matter how tired I was, I couldn't get myself to stay still and "just" lay on the beautiful beach in Sihanoukville. Don't get me wrong, it was very nice - check out the photos below.  ...

Flying standby is stressful for most people.  To me though, it is half fun. It is the reason I once ended up in Korea instead of Japan, and what an amazing vacation that was.  However, three people flying standby from different airports and on different airlines gets a bit tricky. Somehow though, Deidre, Peter and I figured out a flight route that allowed all three of us to land in Vietnam around the same time. We were ready to cry hurray but stopped ourselves when we realized that we needed a visa to be allowed on Vietnamese soil and had less than 24 hours before departure time. Thankfully though since all three of us are American, the Vietnamese Visa Process   only took us 10 minutes online, one quick picture and $45 on arrival. As of Cambodia, I was not the least worried. There was an app  for it, or just $35 on arrival, and voila.  But when one is out of pages on their passport, well things get complicated, really complicated. Even more so...