After Phnom Phen we headed west to see some of the floating villages along the edge of Tonle Sap, the large lake in central Cambodia. There’s a very large lake …
The killing fields outside of Phnom Penh are in fact just that, fields with depressions, large holes in the ground, some marked with staggering numbers, others with no sign at …
Not many pictures in this set because I came down with dysentery shorting after we arrived. That was fun.
After crossing into Cambodia we were a bit overwhelmed by the dramatic increase in tourists so we high tailed it up to the far northeast corner to avoid the crowds. …
Better known as the four thousand islands. Nearly on the Cambodian border the Mekong spreads out to a width of a few miles leaving many large and small islands in …
After Attapeu I went on to Champasak alone while Matt and Debi went on to another village up in the hill country. I explored the wat in Champasak and generally …
From Xekong it’s a short bus ride to far end of the Bolevan Plateau where village of Attapeu. From there it’s only a half day motorbike ride to the Ho …
After saying goodbye to Jackie and Ofir, Matt and I headed inland to Sekong where we met up with Debi again and encountered a series of strange things like a …
While waiting for Debi to get back from Thailand, we made a quick trip out the Tat Lo Falls for Valentine’s Day. I wrote about it in an entry that …
After the trip to Konglor Cave we hired a boat for a seven hour journey back down to the Mekong. Alternately beautiful and grueling, Jacqui and I got a little …
Konglor Cave is in central Laos, it’s tough to get to, primitive when you arrive and still the best place in Laos. For full details be sure to check out …
A small village by the side of the road. The jumping off point for the trip to Konglor Cave, We elected to spend an extra day exploring the surrounding area. …
Ofir and I took the boat down the Luang Prabang again, headed for Vang Vieng when he ran into a friend from his time traveling in India. That friend was …
I met up with Ofir and Robin on the boat to Luang Prabang and when we stopped in Pak Beng for the night the three of us went to dinner …
I was planning to go into Laos make a quick trip to Luang Prabang and come back with a renewed Thai visa. As it turned out I spent two months …
Doi Inthanon is the highest point and Thailand. It’s about a two hour motorbike ride from Chang Mai, but well worth the effort. From the base at 800m to the …
The Mae Sa Valley is about half an hour by motorbike from Chang Mai and about halfway up the valley is a massive botanical garden curated by the Queen of …
Chang Mai is in northern Thailand somewhat near the Burmese border. It has something like 300 wats, but Wat Umong is by far the best. Umong is set back in …
The Baiyoke Sky Hotel, is, as it proudly proclaims to anyone who will listen, the tallest hotel in the world—not building mind you, I believe that honor goes to the …
Wat Pho is home of the reclining Buddha. Its also the largest and oldest wat in Bangkok. The Reclining Buddha is forty-six metres long and fifteen metres high — huge …
Wat Phra Kaew, better known as the temple of the emerald Buddha and a part of the larger Grand Palace, is generally considered the most important temple in Thailand.
Sarangkot is one of the foothills above Pokhara from which there are fantastic views of the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. It was too late in the season to actually …
From Kathmandu I took a four hour bus ride up to Pokhara a small lake town at the base of the Annapurna Range. Pokhara was one of the most beautiful …
Swayambhunath — I have no idea how you pronounce that, which is why everyone refers to it as the monkey temple since a fairly large group of monkeys has been …