Today’s tour was via tuk tuk because the distances were not very far between the temples we chose to visit. On the advice of our driver, we were picked up at 7am to reach the very popular Ta Prohm temple at the 7:30am opening time. He suggested this would be the least busy part of the day, which was appealing to us. Read more
Author: Susan
Cambodia, Angkor Archeological Park – part 1
For our second trip to Angkor Archeological Park, we hired a private van to drive us 35km north of Siem Reap to the Banteay Srei temple, one of the most beautiful ancient temples in Asia. Read more
Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia
Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world and the most significant temple within the Angkor Archeological Park. It’s probably the most important place in all of Cambodia, worthy of its image on the national flag! Read more
Bangkok, Thailand
When researching flights from Chiang Mai, Thailand to Siem Reap, Cambodia there were no direct flights and we had to fly through Bangkok. Because I don’t like taking more than one flight in a day, Read more
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Mai is the largest city in Northern Thailand and the second largest city in Thailand with a population of over 1.2 million people as of 2022. Founded in 1296 the city was surrounded by moats and a defensive wall, Read more
Northern Thailand – National Parks, Waterfalls and Temples
During our three weeks in Chiang Mai we made two excursions into the countryside as well as our day trip to Chiang Rai. The first one was to the Doi Inthanon National Park, one of the most popular national parks in Thailand Read more
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Chiang Rai is 3 hours north of Chiang Mai and in hindsight we should have come up here for two or three days. Instead, we hired a driver and made it a one-day trip from Chiang Mai. Read more
6 Years a Nomad
With 2023 behind us we are marking another nomadic anniversary! On December 31 not only did we ring in the new year, we celebrated the 6th anniversary since we left our home on Grand Cayman to live a life of home free travel. We have been traveling for 72 months or 312 weeks or 2,190 days!!! Read more