Sixtysomething-year-old newlyweds travelling the world together – Adventure Awaits!
As I write this, it is January 8, more than two weeks after Christmas, and we have, by now, moved beyond Australia’s tropical north, down through Sydney, and are now in Melbourne. And I still haven’t posted my Christmas blog. But, in my own defense, I figure that if everywhere we go is still … Continue reading I’m dreaming of a tropical Christmas
Singapore was by far the most westernized of the places we visited in Southeast Asia and I will say that we were happy to be in a place where the water is safe to drink, the sidewalks are wide and intact, and cars actually stop at crosswalks. I visited Singapore 16 years ago when I … Continue reading Easing out of Southeast Asia in Singapore
Following six months of travel through Europe earlier this year, we flew to Bangkok, our first destination in Southeast Asia. This was in early October. The heat, strong smells, and gritty, noisy chaos of the city was a shock to the system at first. Over time, we learned that the crowds, pavement kitchens, temples, and … Continue reading Coming full circle in Bangkok
My daughter, Mary, arrived on December 6 to spend time with us in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Singapore, before returning to the U.S. just before Christmas. We’re very close and I hadn’t seen her since we left home on April 2 so, of course, there was lots of excitement around her visit. We had made … Continue reading Fun times in Chiang Mai
We flew from Siem Reap to Bangkok and immediately grabbed a taxi for the one hour drive to Ayutthaya, followed by Sukhothai. This circuit of the temples exposed us to temples old and new, plus lots of local culture and history. The ethereally beautiful tree Buddha in Wat Maha That, Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Long before the … Continue reading Touring the Temple Towns, Part II: Ayutthaya and Sukhothai
We opted to book a taxi to take us on the 5 to 6 hour drive from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. A flight would have taken us just as long door-to-door, would have cost more, and have a reputation for hitting people up for extra luggage charges at the gate. We booked the car … Continue reading Touring the Temple Towns, Part 1: Siem Reap
Quick warning: this blog post may be disturbing - read at your own discretion. On our last day in Vietnam, I woke up in our Saigon hotel with a familiar scratchiness in my throat signaling that, within the next few hours I was headed for a sore throat and cold. We arrived in Phnom Penh … Continue reading The Killing Fields: A Tough Tour to Take
