Home sweet home!
November 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 2 °CSure feels good to be back home. We have lots of good memories and I have hundreds of photos to sort through. Now we can relax, recuperate and start preparing for the holidays.
Sure feels good to be back home. We have lots of good memories and I have hundreds of photos to sort through. Now we can relax, recuperate and start preparing for the holidays.
Arrived back at LAX after a better than expected flight. Waited almost an hour for our luggage, then another hour for the hotel shuttle. The traffic was unreal. SO GLAD we don't live in LA!!!
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Had an easy flight from Siem Reap to Singapore, and now waiting for our flight to LAX.
Unfortunately, Alfred got the cold and sore throat that was going through our group, so he's really not lookingRead more
We started the day with a visit to the Jungle Temple, Ta Prohm. When it was discovered, it was overgrown to the point where some of the trees could no longer be removed without compromising theRead more
We were up at 4:30 to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat. It was an overcast day, so not much of a sunrise, but at least we had a few hours before the worst of the heat. We were also very lucky that theRead more
We took a small boat to visit Chong Kneas floating village, on the shores of the Tonle Sap lake. It is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. The floating village has a school, a CatholicRead more
Since we were not allowed to continue the cruise due to the Asian Summit, we left the ship a day earlier than planned and traveled by bus to Siem Reap. Leaving Phnom Penh we passed many new "mega"Read more
We took a 2.5 hour bus ride to Kampong Tralach, a rural village along the Tonle Sap River, where we rode ox carts through the village and to the local temple. Definitely not our preferred mode ofRead more
We had a somber morning devoted to the Khmer Rouge genocide of 1975 - 1978, when 2 million Cambodians were murdered or starved to death by the Pol Pot regime. We visited the Choeung Ek killing fieldsRead more
Today we spent the whole day on the river, crossing from Vietnam into Cambodia. We were supposed to sail on to Phnom Pen, but due to the Asian Summit the river was closed and we had to dock at theRead more
Traveler Glad you had a great trip and welcome home. It was nice to see your photos as you went along.
Traveler Thanks. I'm slowly getting back to normal.