I am wrapping up my trip, tomorrow is my last day in Chiang Mai and the day after that I head to Bangkok for the night before getting on a plane for 17 hours to come home.  I have been hanging out in Chiang Mai, I saw more temples, shopped, went to a very thai food market bought fried pork rinds, shopped, tried khao soy ( a traditional northern ( Read more... )

 I  really enjoyed my time in Phnom Penh.  I made friends with some people staying in my hotel and hanging out with Sara and his sister Julin was great.  I went to his home for dinner, and we had a khmer feast, a fish soup similar to Amok, fried pork and a whole fish that was seasoned fantastically, plus more Mangosteens.  I was able to introduce ( Read more... )

This morning I introduced myself to a girl from europe, she and another person from the UK are trying to start a branch of this international student organization in Cambodia. Tonight I went to dinner with the two of them to a restaurant run by an NGO that helps street children.  For appetizers we had deep fried tarantulas, I think they tasted ( Read more... )

     I arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday.  I actually met a very intesrting couple in their 70's on the flight. The couple who live North of Tampa, Florida have traveled all over the world, "especially to places that the average person doesn't go," The man is a korean war veteran and now a professional dog show judge.  It was nice to meet Americans, ( Read more... )

Hi friends and family,
I have another update, mostly because im not sure what to do with my evenings in Siem Reap.  Today I had a different guide, who was much nicer, though he doesn't seem to like the Vietnamese, but that is rooted in a historical and political context.  Anyway, today we set out at 7 and in the course of the many hours of temple- ( Read more... )

I arrived in Siem Reap yesterday.  Siem Reap is a fairly small town, it reminds me of small beach town, except instead of the beach they have Angkor Wat.  My hotel is a bit far from the main area of town, whereas I was too in the thick of things in Bangkok, now I am a bit far away. It's walkable, but the tuk-tuk to the center of town is about a ( Read more... )

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Many of my friends and family emailed me well wishes and shared their experience getting scammed while traveling.  Today as I walked to Wat Pho,, the temple of the reclining buddha I couldn't help but be reminded of the whole experience.  The reason I  couldn't help it was that I was approached 7 times by other tuk-tuk drivers who told me wat pho ( Read more... )

I have been in thailand now for a few days, and on sunday I am off to Cambodia.  Bangkok is a huuuge bustling city, before going I definately had a chip on my shoulder from living in nyc and having time spent time in shanghai, but Bangkok is very hectic.am also staying in an area that is filled with backpackers which just increases the intensity.  ( Read more... )

I am headed to south east asia on monday and considering I just graduated this past monday, there hasn't been enough time to do alot of proper planning. Anyway, this evening I booked the guesthouses/hotels I am going to be staying in and inquired by sending an email, the place sent me a professional email back requesting my flight number etc.  I ( Read more... )