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November 2015

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    11.15.15

    Weather: 91° with morning showers and sunny afternoon 4:30am Early wake up to catch the sunrise at Phnom Bakheng 7:30am Breakfast at Banyan Leaf Hotel 8am – 6pm Tour of Angkor, including Angkor Thom,…

    November 15, 2015
  • Letter

    Well Life on the Farm is Kinda Laid Back

    Ain’t much an old country boy like me can’t hack / It’s early to rise, early in the sack / Thank God I’m a country boy. After another long day of travel, we had our fingers…

    November 15, 2015
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    11.14.15

    Weather: 90° and sunny 8am Breakfast at Banyan Leaf Hotel 8:30am – 5:30pm Bus/biking/boat tour through a more rural Cambodia, including a boat tour of floating villages on Tonlé Sap 6pm Bit of souvenir shopping…

    November 14, 2015
  • Letter

    On an Island in the Sun

    We’ll be playing and having fun. Well, Shiv and I decided it was about time for a vacation. We kid, we kid. But seriously, it was time for some beachiness, a little island time, knowhattamean? We…

    November 14, 2015
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    11.13.15

    Weather: 91° and partly sunny 9am Breakfast at Banyan Leaf Hotel 11am Checked out some shops near Pub Street, including walking through the Old Market 1:30pm Mahob Khmer for a traditional Khmer (Cambodian) lunch 2:30pm…

    November 13, 2015
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    11.12.15

    Weather: varied since we were moving between cities 8:30am Quick breakfast at To The Sea 9:30am After our first taxi was a no show, hopped in an emergency, last-minute taxi to the pier 10am 1.5-hour…

    November 12, 2015
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    11.9.15 – 11.11.15

    Weather: 85° and partly sunny with scattered showers We were in Koh Kood these 3 days. Mainly beach time, so no strict agenda. Highlights included: Lounging around on the beach at the Beach Natural Resort…

    November 11, 2015
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    11.8.15

    Weather: varied since we were moving between cities 7am Night train arrived in Bangkok, where we took a tuk tuk to a nearby hostel, the pickup point for the next leg 8am Began our minibus ride…

    November 8, 2015
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    11.7.15

    Weather: 93° and partly cloudy 11:30am Breakfast at home again, followed by all sorts of trip preparation 3:30pm Arrived at Chiang Mai Railway Station and grabbed a bite to eat at a nearby Indian restaurant 6pm Boarded…

    November 7, 2015
  • Letter

    No One on the Corner Has Swag Like Us

    Hit me on the burner prepaid wireless. Back from Myanmar and entering into the Chiang Mai International Airport, a funny thing happened to us: a little swagger in our step. Not a lot, but enough that…

    November 7, 2015