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temples of angkor

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

angkor wat at sunset, originally uploaded by maliayosh.

anyone who comes to cambodia comes to see angkor wat. it’s just one of those things that you cross off your to-do lists of “sights to see,” and after having been there i can definitely say it’s an amazing temple. it’s the world’s largest religious building, and it is huge! i’m definitely glad that i got to see it, but overall it was a very hot, tiring, and underwhelming day…
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fear factor

Friday, March 28th, 2008

for all of you who kept asking when i’d be trying something as weird as the stuff jess has been so bravely eating for our video blogs…

i ate a cricket!

i ate a cricket! just the head, and honestly it didn’t taste THAT bad – it really was like “chips”. but the smell grossed me out so i left it at that.

and another cambodian delicacy (that i will NOT try!)… tarantulas! yuck!!!

fried tarantulas

heaven and hell

Friday, March 28th, 2008
cambodia so far has been a study of contradictions... i'd already grown weary of the various travel scams (this applies to southeast asia in general, not just cambodia) and i've come to realize that when it comes to getting yourself ... [Continue reading this entry]

4,000 islands

Thursday, March 27th, 2008
i LOVE hammocks * you can view more pictures of 4,000 islands here. * 4,000 islands is a group of islands formed in the mekong river at the ... [Continue reading this entry]

language barrier

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
overall i haven't had much of a problem getting around not speaking the language in hong kong or thailand, but here in laos things are tricky sometimes! lao and thai are very similar, and most lao people understand thai, which ... [Continue reading this entry]

point A to point B

Sunday, March 16th, 2008
the variety of ways to travel in southeast asia are enough to give even the seasoned traveler a huge headache! but sometimes figuring out the best way to get from point A to point B can be fun! and sometimes ... [Continue reading this entry]

snapshots of memory

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
i've been taking so many photos on this trip, but i'm starting to realize that sometimes not having my camera at the moment that i see something happening isn't the tragedy that i thought. in fact, my memory card picked ... [Continue reading this entry]

slow boat to luang prabang

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
yesterday morning we woke up early and drove about an hour on bumpy, unpaved mountain roads again until we finally arrived at the banks of the mekong. the slow boat coming from the huay xai border crossing was due to ... [Continue reading this entry]

ngok ngok!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
beer lao!, originally uploaded by maliayosh. ngok ngok means "cheers!" in laotian. we learned this over beer lao bottles and homemade rice whisky with our tour guides in hongsa, laos. i also learned the ... [Continue reading this entry]

staying cool in thailand

Friday, March 7th, 2008
forget about "feeling the burn"! it's been SO hot and humid the past couple of days here in bangkok. last night we had rain showers too, but it's still really sticky outside. even my kit kat requires air-conditioning (check out the ... [Continue reading this entry]