Letter

Waiting For the Sun

Can you feel it  / Now that Spring has come / That it’s time to live in the scattered sun. Our tuk tuk driver, Sing, was promptly waiting for us in front of our hotel at 4:30 am. It was still pitch black out. Luckily, Shiv…

November 16, 2015
Timeline

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, Prasat Bayom, Baphuon, Ta Phrom, and (of course) Angkor Wat…

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 crossed that getting our visa on arrival in Siem Reap…

November 15, 2015
Timeline

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 at the Made in Cambodia market 7pm Dinner at Happy…

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 decided we’d hit up Koh Kood after a recommendation from…

November 14, 2015
Timeline

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 Stopped into a few more shops on the way back…

November 13, 2015
Timeline

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 ferry ride from Koh Kood to Trat 11:30am Rode on…

November 12, 2015
Timeline

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 Drinking SangSom and watching the sun set from our beach-front…

November 11, 2015
Timeline

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 from Bangkok to Trat 2:30pm From Trat, we jumped on…

November 8, 2015
Timeline

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 our night train to Bangkok!…

November 7, 2015