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Emily, who I’d met the night before, had arranged with our guest house for a driver to take her on a tour of the Floating Village at the Tonlé Sap River and was kind enough to allow me to join her. This was a nice change of pace from temple tours, […]

On my first full day in Siem Reap I opted to buy a $40 3-day pass to see the temples. You might think I’d have had enough after touring though no less than 16 temples and monuments in the previous 2 days, but I wanted to get my money’s worth from the pass so […]

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I was planning to rent a bicycle and ride to the main attraction, Angkor Wat today, but after a bit of a late start and a sky full of threatening rain clouds I decided to hire another tuk-tuk. Angkor Wat certainly lived up to the hype, it was pretty spectacular. […]

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I arranged with my guest house for a tuk-tuk driver to take me to the ruins of Angkor today. My driver suggested starting with what they like to call the Grand Tour Circuit, bypassing the main attraction of Angkor Wat and doing a loop that passes several other amazing ruins in […]

In order to stay in Thailand for 6 months without a work permit, I obtained a triple-entry tourist visa before I came. This visa allows me to stay in Thailand for up to 60 days at a time, so I must leave and re-enter the country after each of the 60 day periods expire […]

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After a hot day in Lumphini Park, we checked out the Suan Lum Night Bazaar. This is a popular night market that has been rumoured to be closed as developers have recently leased the land and told the tenants they had until April 2007 to vacate. Apparently the tenants aren’t […]

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Today Fiona and I decided to check out Lumphini Park, which is the largest park in Bangkok and is only about 3.5km from our apartment. We took the subway 2 stops which brought us to the main entrance of the park, next to the large King Rama VI statue. It […]

Fiona and I had heard several rumors of ice rinks existing in Bangkok. Each of us longing for a skate and some exercise, we decided to check one of the more easily accessible rinks out. After a short trip on the subway followed by a 5 minute taxi, we found the rink […]