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, and was […]

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 […]

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. I also […]

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 the area. […]

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 […]

After reading about Pantip Plaza, I knew I had to check it out. Plus I needed to find a new computer case and power supply to house the guts of my dissembled computer that I bought with me. 5 floors of computer hardware, software (mostly counterfeit), DVD’s and all things technology. […]