Hoi An Itinerary: A City Where Time Has Stopped
Hoi An, the Vietnamese city with everything that a culture and history lover is looking for in a destination. Delicious food, mesmerizing theatrical performances, two-hundred-year-old architectural gems and thousand-year-old ancient ruins, the best cooking classes in...
Cambodia Itinerary: An Ideal Guide for Temple & Island Hoppers
Are you planning a trip to Cambodia, but you’re struggling with putting together your itinerary? You’re not sure where to go, how long to stay in each place, and how to get from one destination to another. In this jam-packed Cambodia itinerary guide, I’ll share with...
Survival in the Killing Fields – Review
Books on Cambodia Survival in the Killing Fields By Haing S Ngor and Roger Warner My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Where to purchase: Amazon | Bookshop.org “I have been many things in life: A trader walking barefoot on paths through the jungle. A medical doctor, driving to...
Lulu in the Sky – Book Review
Books on Cambodia Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness By Loung Ung, 2012 My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “No one ever told me being with someone whose attributes you admire could show you all the ways you were broken,...
When the War was Over – Review
Books on Cambodia When the War Was Over By Elizabeth Becker Set in Cambodia from the mid-1800s to the 1980s My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “There were countless other “Tuol Slengs” bloodying the country. There were prisons, execution sites, and pits. Work and murder,...
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunited with the Sister She Left Behind – Review
Books on Cambodia Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunited with her Sister She Left Behind By Loung Ung, 2005 Set in Cambodia and the United States (Vermont) My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “I know that in my new home, there is no war, hunger, or soldiers to be afraid...
First They Killed My Father – Book Review
Books on Cambodia First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers By Luong Ung, 2000 My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.” Disclosure: This post may contain...
Phnom Penh Itinerary: The Perfect Itinerary for History Lovers
Phnom Penh Itinerary: The Perfect Itinerary for History Lovers Phnom Penh might not have gorgeous white-sandy beaches, breathtaking rice terraces, or charming colonial architecture like a lot of popular Southeast Asian destinations. But what it does have is something...About Me
I’m Julie, a.k.a. the Bamboo Traveler. Like bamboo, I look weak on the outside (a short, bit overweight, and not very athletic 40 something traveler with poor eyesight, a bum knee and flat feet), but inside I’m strong, resilient, flexible, and open-minded. I write about how to travel to exotic locations around the world and what it’s like traveling solo as a middle-aged woman. I’m also a bookworm, food nerd, and amateur historian, so you’ll find lots of advice and info about what to read for your travels, where and what to eat, and where it all came from. Welcome to my travel blog! I’m so glad you made it here!
