Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Asia We got up this morning and packed up all our gear for the bus trip. We had our last breakfast at Golden Mango Inn and our taxi showed up bring us to the bus station at 8am. We got to the bus station and were on the Mekong Express Bus to Phnom Penh. The bus was nice enough, but the air conditioning on it was terrible. It was barely blowing any air, and it certainly wasn’t…
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia This morning’s 4am wake up call was not exactly what I was hoping for today, but dad and I got up anyway. It didn’t appear to be raining or too cloudy, so we thought we could get a good view for sunrise. Sok picked us up at 5am and we headed over to Angkor Wat. The roads were really quiet in the dark of the early morning, until we got to the temple of course. It…
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia I was woken up by my dad this morning at 5:45am, and amazingly he wasn’t tired at all. We got about five hours of sleep and he was good to go. I was a bit tired, but still looking forward to seeing Angkor Wat. We actually found the Red Sox game on TV in the room, so we got to watch that for a bit while we got ready to leave. We had breakfast downstairs at…
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia I got up this morning, packed up my bags and set off in a tuk-tuk at 8:30am for Luang Prabang Airport. It is the smallest airport I’ve even been in, but again it was dead easy to check in and get through security. The flight was supposed to leave at 10:40am, but we found out at 10:30am that our plane was coming from Hanoi and was running late. My ticket was booked on Laos Airlines, so…
Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia I woke up this morning to the sound of rain pelting the tin roof awning just outside my window. It wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for since I wanted to do a bit of sightseeing and a dry day would have been nice. I lazed around for a bit hoping the rain would go off but at 10am I decided to do something. I went up to Joma Bakery and had an awesome breakfast that…
Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia Today started out great with an amazing showing by the Patriots crushing the Dolphins in Miami. I watched the first half of the Denver vs. Oakland game and then decided to head out. I went to a little French cafe for lunch, and then found a couple of bars to chill out and have a beer in. The weather was horrible all day today and never stopped raining. It really wasn’t the best day to go…
Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia I got up this morning and watched the first half of the Cowboys vs Jets game while I packed up my stuff to leave Vang Vieng. I grabbed a quick breakfast sandwich at a local cafe and waited for my taxi to bring me to the bus station. It was supposed to come at 8:30am to get me there for a 9am bus. A taxi never came, just two mini vans. One was a nice big…
Vang Vieng, Laos, Asia I got up this morning and realized it was the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It really is amazing to think that was ten years ago, because I can remember everything about that day in such minute detail. It was also crazy to think how things have changed so much in my life in the last ten years too. In 2001 I was a freshman in college and really had no idea what I wanted to do…
Vang Vieng, Laos, Asia I woke up to an awesome view outside of my window today. It really showed me why people come out here, even if it’s not for the tubing trip. The landscape out here is stunning. I went down to the lobby at the Popular View Guest House (a very apt name), and had an awesome breakfast. Then I had to do my least favorite thing and pack all my stuff up to move hotels. I found…
Vang Vieng, Laos, Asia I got up this morning and was enjoying the air conditioning too much to move. I went downstairs for breakfast, which was awesome again, but they don’t have A/C in the lobby, so it was pretty hot. I retreated back to my room for a bit and packed up all my stuff to get ready to leave. At 11:30am I left my bags in the lobby and ventured out to see some of the town. I…