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Laos: A Round-Up
Days in country: 10 Favourite Stop: Vang Vieng Most Worthwhile Touristy Site: Wat Xien Thong Most Overrated Touristy Site: View from the hill in Luang Prabang. Literally everyone says that watching the...
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Phare, the Cambodian Circus
Cambodia surprised us in many ways. Usually we (well, Bonnie) try to plan quite a bit before we travel. But, for Cambodia, we were more flexible. We booked our dive trip and planned to check out Angkor...
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A Canyon, A Birthday
Yesterday was my birthday. This time a year ago I told Josh that all I wanted for my birthday was to go to the edge of the Grand Canyon and look into it. It had been a crazy year with all our visa...
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The Temples of Angkor: Some Dos and Donts
Ah, Angkor. What can we say that hasn’t already been said? Every single traveler who has ever been to Cambodia knows the temples of Angkor, especially Angkor Wat: the most recognizable of the huge...
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Siem Reap: Beyond Angkor
Puppies, good food, shopping, and plenty of entertainment: when we weren’t exploring Angkor Wat we found plenty to do in Siem Reap. Of course, Angkor Wat is the major reason most travelers come to Siem...
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Bats, Bamboo Trains, and a Phone Call in Battambang
We weren’t expecting Battambang to be anything special. To be honest, we were just using it as a way to spend a few more days in northwestern Cambodia after Siem Reap and before heading back to Phnom...
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Cambodia: A Round-Up
Days in Country: 21 Favorite Stop Overall: Kampot (for the relaxed atmosphere, the food, and the friendliness) Most Worthwhile Touristy Site: The Temples of Angkor Most Overrated Touristy Site:...
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Dirt Biking in the West Papuan Highlands
Somehow, some way my two sisters had managed to convince a group of Special Forces police stationed in the West Papuan highlands to lend us their bikes for the day. I wasn’t sure how they had convinced...
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I Almost Ran Away to Prince Edward Island
Just two weeks ago I found myself on the windswept, wind-burnt, wind-whipped coasts of Canada’s Prince Edward Island. It’s the kind of landscape that looks as if it has been honed and sanded by the...
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A Taste of Quebec City
I had never heard of Quebec City before we made a one night stop there on our long road trip from Chicago to Prince Edward Island. But once there, I wished we could stay for several days. Quebec City,...
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