Independence Palace
10 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
The Independence Palace or Reunification Palace. Many governmental meetings occur here.
Time for lunch
10 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Unusual Temple
10 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
A visit to Cao Dai temple to get in touch with southern Vietnam's spiritual side.
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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!
Cu Chi Tunnels
11 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 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 largeЧитать далее
Flower Market
11 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 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 USDЧитать далее
Sam Bo Luong Drink
11 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 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 beanЧитать далее
Street Food
11 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
The next street over from the flower market were food vendors of all types serving interesting fare.
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Something we definitely don’t see in the Warrensburg city market!
City Market
12 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 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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Anxious to see what you selected. Wish I had made one for you before you left on your trip.
Red/Green light for Walkers
12 ноября 2025 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 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 itЧитать далее
ПутешественникWe are sadly living in a time when people around the world don’t look up. Needed solution, though.
Apopo Herorats
12 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 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 buriedЧитать далее
Ta Prohm Temple
13 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 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 stoneЧитать далее
Angkor Thom & Bayon
13 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 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, whichЧитать далее
Scenic Sundowner Cruise
13 ноября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Night Walk
13 ноября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Back at our hotel, Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, we took a river walk along the Siem Reap River.
Angkor Wat
14 ноября 2025 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ⛅ 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 transformedЧитать далее
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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?🤷🏼♀️
Baci Ceremony
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 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 isЧитать далее
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Your tour experience is allowing you to participate in so many activities that people traveling on their own would not have. Impressive!
Ficus Tree
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Interesting vines on some Ficus trees. They called them air roots.
Wat Xiang Thong
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 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 traditionalЧитать далее
Along the Mekong River
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 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 didЧитать далее
City Street
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ 🌙 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.
Sunset Cruise
15 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We took a cruise down the Mekong River at sunset while in Luang Prabang.
Giving Alms
16 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ 🌙 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 theЧитать далее
Fresh Market
16 ноября 2025 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 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. TheЧитать далее
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So colorful! I would be totally overwhelmed by the options.
Huge Billboards
16 ноября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Bangkok, home of huge, oversized billboards. Some are electronic.
The Grand Palace
17 ноября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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, andЧитать далее