PHOTO OF THE DAY 2015: Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania By WAVEJourney We toured the Palace of Parliament – Casa Poporului/Palatul Parlamentului (also known as the People’s House) as part of a Bucharest city tour during a Uniworld river cruise. The palace is the world’s largest civilian building and has 1,100 rooms. Today it […]
Uniworld Vietnam & Cambodia Cruise: Kampong Cham Excursion DAY 9: INCLUDED AFTERNOON EXCURSION OF PHNOM PROS, PHNOM SREI AND WAT NOKOR IN CAMBODIA This is our last afternoon aboard Uniworld River Orchid and we’re definitely not ready for the cruise portion of our trip to be over. But, there’s still one included excursion from the […]
Uniworld Vietnam & Cambodia Cruise: Prek Bongkong Silk Village DAY 8: INCLUDED EXCURSION OF PREK BONGKONG SILK VILLAGE AND SCHOOL IN CAMBODIA Waking up aboard Uniworld River Orchid at approximately 6 AM, we realized we were still docked in Phnom Penh. The sunrise was spectacular over the Mekong River and local fishermen were busy at […]
Uniworld Timeless Wonders of Vietnam & Cambodia Cruise: Killing Fields DAY 7: INCLUDED EXCURSION TO CHOEUNG EK KILLING FIELDS AND S-21 PRISON An included morning excursion to the killing fields located in the countryside near Phnom Penh was very sobering. Although the site is only about 15 km away, it was almost an hour-long drive […]
Wish You Were Here – Postcard From Central Market in Phnom Penh Shopping Time! That’s one good option for spending an afternoon of freetime on Uniworld’s Timeless Wonders of Vietnam and Cambodia tour. We took a ramork (similar to a tuk tuk) and went with a few new friends to the Central Market in Phnom […]
Wish You Were Here – Postcard From Phnom Penh, Cambodia Our morning started with a cyclo ride from Uniworld River Orchid to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. We have a fantastic local guide, Kinal, with us on all excursions in Cambodia and he really knows his stuff – so much knowledge and a great […]
Wish You Were Here – Postcard From Cambodia This afternoon River Orchid cruised the Mekong River from Vietnam and into Cambodia – we are very excited for our first visit to Cambodia and docking in Phnom Penh in the morning. The sunsets along the Mekong River are absolutely stunning. This evening as the sun started […]
Wish You Were Here – Postcard From Chau Doc, Vietnam What a fantastic excursion to Chau Doc, Vietnam we went on this morning. It was absolutely incredible and one of our favorite tours so far. We left Uniworld River Orchid in speedboats and cruised along the canal and branches of the Mekong River that lead […]
Wish You Were Here – Postcard From Uniworld River Orchid After leaving Ho Chi Minh City this afternoon we drove through the Mekong Delta to My Tho and boarded Uniworld River Orchid. Now we start the 7-night cruise portion of our trip on the Mekong River through Vietnam and Cambodia on Uniworld’s Timeless Wonders of […]
March 2019 Travel Tips and Tales Newsletter By WAVEJourney Greetings! Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and WJ has big travel plans! How about you? Chat with us and let us know where you’re going, what you’re doing, and ask for the advice and travel tips you need to enhance your adventures. After a […]