During the first week or so of our trip, Mom told me that eventually I’d get sick of going to restaurants. I told her I would never feel that way. A few weeks later, I was wishing we could eat in every night. (Mom doesn’t, but that’s because she has to cook.) Now we’ve been […]
Seeing the Taj Mahal
Before we left on our trip there were five buildings or structures that everyone wanted to see: the Coliseum, the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids, the Taj Mahal, and the Great Wall. On the 15th we saw the Taj. For myself, I have previously seen the first four places on this list, and would have ranked […]
Bigger is Not Better
Saturday night, March 12th, we arrived in Delhi, India. In several ways, it was going back in time for us. First off, because we had to set our watches back 1.5 hours. (Why the half hour?). Also, though, because Delhi reminded us all of Cairo; big, crowded, dirty, noisy, and chaotic. While walking the streets […]
Southeast Asian Food
Southeast Asia has a rich and diverse cuisine. There are many foods that are not on most thai restaurant menus. I didn’t explore the food as much as I could have but here are a few interesting drinks and dishes that we discovered along the way. Ginger Tea This was a favorite of mine on […]
Big Brother Mouse and COPE
When we began our trip eight months ago in Nicaragua, we weren’t even out of the parking lot of the airport when two young boys approached our car trying to sell us small straw flowers. The next day beggars approached us as we sat at a restaurant. We started to talk as a family about […]
Elephants and Waterfalls
We had decided a long time ago that we were gong to ride elephants. So during our stay in South East Asia, we constantly kept an eye out for possible rides. Eventually, in Laos, we decided to go and pay for some rides. In Luang Prabang, the town where we got the elephants, we met […]
Tuk Tuks, Trash Cans and Toilet Paper
March 10 After Emma posted her blog on the monkeys at Angkor Wat, my mother emailed and said, “I loved Emma’s post but what the heck is a tuk tuk?” We didn’t know what tuk tuks were either when we arrived in Southeast Asia seven weeks ago. There are many things that were different and […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The act of traveling to a country reminds me of one of the truths of quantum physics; the act of observing will change the thing you are observing. With a lot of tourists in an area, things change. It can improve an area; roads need to be built or improved to move people around, ruins […]
Siem Reap
In fact, we actually did have Wi-Fi for the past month or so. We’ve just been lazy in posting, so now we are blasting through a flurry of updates to get y’all up to date. Two countries ago we were in Cambodia. On its flag, they have blue and red stripes, and a temple complex […]
Monkeys in Angkor Wat
On the first day in Cambodia we went to the ruins. We noticed monkeys on our way up. There were a lot of them in one place. It was like a pack. Mom asked to stop the tuk tuk to take some pictures of them. Once we took the pictures we drove on. On the […]
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