To me, the temples in Laos had the perfect balance of ornateness, majesty, and humility. Almost everyone we’ve spoken to at home, who have done the SE Asia circuit, have said in one way or another that Laos was their favourite country in this corner of the world. With that thought, we planned and re-planned [...]
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The tuk-tuks in Laos are the prettiest I have seen so far It is worth a post to talk about the people we’ve met on our travels. As a couple, it isn’t always easy to strike up conversations with strangers traveling with friends or on their own, but when we did, we have met some [...]
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam After almost 24 hours of traveling on minibus, bus, bus, taxi, plane, taxi, boat, and bus, we arrived on Cat Ba Island in northeastern Vietnam. Our goal was to go for a cruise around Ha Long Bay, to satiate Alex’s obsession with this place from a particular episode of Top Gear. [...]
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Angkor Wat! Our second day in Siem Reap was possibly the fullest day we have had yet on this trip. It began from the previous evening, when we took a tuk-tuk to Angkor Wat to pre-purchase the next day’s ticket for admission. We then got to watch sunset at Phnom Bakheng, one of the temples [...]
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Floating village in the middle of Tonle Sap Lake Once we got past all the border crossing kerfuffle, we really enjoyed our brief stop in Siem Reap to visit Angkor Wat. We stayed at an amazing little inn called the Golden Mango, which totally made the mango name proud. It was slightly farther out of [...]
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