Another Overgrown Temple
After a day off from the temples and figuring out a rough timeline I decided to hit one more temple before leaving Siem Reap. This temple was written up as the true Indiana Jones experience because it was completely restored and off on its own. It turned out to be primarily true although you never felt like you were off in the middle of nowhere you could still get lost time wondering around and looking up to make sure there weren’t any blocks about to tumble down. Read more
Leave No Stone Uncarved
Ok, I’ve been in Cambodia for a few days now and thoroughly enjoying it. I got in Friday night without know much of anything about the place so I bought a Cambodia guide book and an Angkor Wat one and spent most of Saturday doing research. Read more
The Old City
Me again, I’ve been in a town called Auytthaya for the last couple of days. It’s the town that Michelle and I were supposed to visit, but had to skip because of my illness. The city was the capital of Siam (now Thailand) from around 1350-1750 AD. Which means that there a lots of interesting old temples around to look at. Read more
Across the River Kwai
I got up early, 5:15am (30 minutes before my alarm was set), and was out of the hostel at 5:45 so I could catch the train up to Kanchanaburi and see the river Kwai Bridge and surrounding area. I knew exactly what to do to get to the train station and was feeling confident. I took the skytrain to the river and then the ferry upstream. Read more
Betting The Horses in Bangkok
I’m back on my own again. After Michelle left I spent the day at the horse races right in downtown Bangkok. Didn’t really know what I was doing when I went, and just figured it out as I went. First I found an English program then went inside. It looked familiar enough and was filling up for the first race. Read more
Khao Yai National Park Visit
Per Brian’s request, I am composing a guest entry for the blog. Of course I am also going to mention that he felt so poorly that he doesn’t remember most of this leg of the journey. Read more
7 Days Turned into 3 in Ko Chang
Michelle made it ok after a nights stay in Tokyo. Her flight from Dallas was 2 hours late leaving which caused her to miss her connection and turned into a 14 hour delay. We still had a little bit of time in Bangkok and went to the Golden Palace (again for me) and toured around some. Read more