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Independence Palace
10 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
The Independence Palace or Reunification Palace. Many governmental meetings occur here.
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Time for lunch
10 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
Cooking some of our own lunch. Banh xeo, a savory Vietnamese pancake. At the PTi Saigon restaurant. Once cooked, you wrap it in lettuce and then dip it in the sauce. Bon appetite.
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Unusual Temple
10 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
A visit to Cao Dai temple to get in touch with southern Vietnam's spiritual side.
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Podróżnik Our guide was very cute. She and Doug went to The Market together. Doug bought a duffle bag for our extra purchases. Chao’s slippers fell apart so she was barefoot until she could get some new shoes!
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Cu Chi Tunnels
11 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
We visited a network of tunnels first created by the French but taken over and greatly expanded by the Viet Cong to fight in the Vietnam war. There are over 120 miles of tunnels, some barely large night to crawl through. Czytaj więcej
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Flower Market
11 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
That afternoon we went on a culinary tour of Saigon. After our first stop for some pho, we headed to the flower market. There we found so many beautiful flowers with rose bouquets costing about USD $5. Czytaj więcej
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Sam Bo Luong Drink
11 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
We started with sticky rice and then got our drink. Not sure what all was in the drink but it was good. We know it included seaweed, lotus flower seeds, and . . . ???? We also had very sweet mung bean cubes, very sweet. One last stop for lemon tea and fried tofu. Czytaj więcej
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Street Food
11 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
The next street over from the flower market were food vendors of all types serving interesting fare.
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Podróżnik Something we definitely don’t see in the Warrensburg city market!
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City Market
12 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Needing a duffle to help carry our purchases, I set off to the city market to see what I could find. Just about anything you need can be found at the market. Best to negotiate any purchase you make.
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Podróżnik Anxious to see what you selected. Wish I had made one for you before you left on your trip.
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Red/Green light for Walkers
12 listopada 2025, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Saigon has installed red and green lights at the edge of streets at sidewalks for those that stare down at their phones while walking. Looking down as you approach the intersection you can tell if it is safe to cross. Czytaj więcej
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PodróżnikWe are sadly living in a time when people around the world don’t look up. Needed solution, though.
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Apopo Herorats
12 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
Shortly after arriving in Siem Reap, we visited the Apopo Herorats. This is where rats are trained to find landmines. An area is gridded off and systematically it is reviewed by rats to find buried land mines so they can be safely removed. These rats, once trained, have their own passports and travel around the world to help find buried landmines. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik No, no, no!! 😱
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Ta Prohm Temple
13 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
The first temple we visited was Ta Prohm. Abandoned about 500 years ago, the jungle has slowly reclaimed it. All the housing, built of wood has disappeared. Trees are slowly eroding away the stone structures. Once a thriving city, it remains a memory today. Czytaj więcej
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Angkor Thom & Bayon
13 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Angkor Thom is a large temple complex in Cambodia, built by King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century. It was the last capital of the Khmer Empire and is famous for its walled city layout, which symbolically represents the universe, and for the central Bayon temple. The city includes numerous structures like the Terrace of the Elephants and features monumental gates with large, serene faces looking in the four cardinal directions

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Czytaj więcej
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Scenic Sundowner Cruise
13 listopada 2025, Tajlandia ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Time for a quiet cruise around the moat of Angor Thom at sunset. We were serves wonderful snacks and drinks as we cruised around the manmade moat of Angkor Thom.
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Night Walk
13 listopada 2025, Tajlandia ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Back at our hotel, Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, we took a river walk along the Siem Reap River.
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Angkor Wat
14 listopada 2025, Kambodża ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Up at 4:30 am we set off for Angkor Wat to watch the sunrise over the temple. A massive, 12th-century temple complex near Siem Reap, built as a Hindu temple for the Khmer Empire and later transformed into a Buddhist one. It is the largest religious monument in the world, featuring stunning Khmer architecture, and is a major symbol of Cambodia, appearing on the national flag. The site is renowned for its intricate carvings, iconic towers. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik My goodness! That truly is massive.
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Podróżnik I understand now why we will never take a tour like this: up at 4:30!?!? Is it wrong that all I want to do is power wash the building?🤷🏼‍♀️
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Baci Ceremony
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We participated in a traditional Lao Baci Ceremony. It is performed in celebration of important events such as weddings, births, or to wish guests good luck on their journey ahead. The ceremony is performed by a Mor Phon, which is a respected elder, often a former Buddhist monk. The Mor Phon leads the ritual by chanting prayers and tying white blessings to the participants' wrists to ensure good fortune and well-being. The community's elder women often prepare the central offering, called a pah kwan. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik Your tour experience is allowing you to participate in so many activities that people traveling on their own would not have. Impressive!
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Ficus Tree
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Interesting vines on some Ficus trees. They called them air roots.
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Wat Xiang Thong
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath, Wat Xieng Thong is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art. The name Vat Xieng Thong, means "Temple of the Golden City." Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik Amazingly old, but so bright and shiny!
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Along the Mekong River
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Ten+ years ago, Drew was in Luang Prabang and had a favorite coffee shop call Utopia. We set off to see if we could find it. We found some signs leading to it and only after we arrived at the site did we learn it was closed due to the Corona virus in 2020. Well, we tried! Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik Shucks!
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City Street
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ 🌙 77 °F
This is a very typical street in Luang Prabang. Many small shops and eating establishments along each street. The city is NOT laid out in a grid. The streets bend and wind about.
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Sunset Cruise
15 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We took a cruise down the Mekong River at sunset while in Luang Prabang.
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Podróżnik Beautiful,
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Giving Alms
16 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
One of the strange things we did on this trip was to partake in the daily ritual of ‘Tak Bat’ or giving alms to the monks. In order to participate, we had to leave the hotel at 5:30 am before the sun was up to get in the right spot. Chairs were set up for us where we were seated and took off our shoes. The ‘Tak Bat’ is a unique ritual still followed by the locals of Luang Prabang. The monks follow the same route each day where people provide rice for them. As a monk passes by, a small handful of rice is placed in their urn. You did not have to give every monk some rice as when they return to their monastery they equally share all they have received. Their procession by us probably lasted about 15 minutes and the streets were full of those giving alms to the monks. I am not sure I really felt good about this whole process. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik That looks like a very long procession of monks.
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Podróżnik Young monks too! Interesting.
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Fresh Market
16 listopada 2025, Laos ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Immediately after giving alms, we walked to the fresh market. This is the locals’ grocery store. In Luang Prabang there are three of these (population of about 24,000) that happen each day. The locals pass by, select what they need, and return home to prepare the food. Fresh meant fresh. The fish were still breathing as we walked by. The market lasted about 6 - 10 blocks and was packed with people. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik So colorful! I would be totally overwhelmed by the options.
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Huge Billboards
16 listopada 2025, Tajlandia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Bangkok, home of huge, oversized billboards. Some are electronic.
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The Grand Palace
17 listopada 2025, Tajlandia ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam (and later Thailand) since 1782. The king, his court, and his royal government were based on the grounds of the palace until 1925. The Grand Palace is still used for official events. Several royal ceremonies and state functions are held within the walls of the palace every year. The palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand, with over eight million people visiting each year.

(All photos posted here are from my iPhone. Photos from my digital camera are not included.) Czytaj więcej
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