June 7 – June 12, 2014 Memories Flamenco Resort, Cayo Coco, Cuba We spent 5 days in Cayo Coco this year. Cayo Coco is an island in the middle of Cuba. The island is only inhabited by 10 resorts and is an hour away from the main land (city called Morón) where the locals live. […]
The Last day. Hard to believe how fast 15 days goes. The contiki tour officially ended at 6 am this morning, but a group from the tour had late flights so we stuck together to explore. We got the hotel to organize a van for us to go our to see Banteay Srei, or the […]
So today we were checking off another big bucket list item, see the sunrise at Angor Wat (which means “Temple City” or “City of Temples” in Khme)r. Angor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world. It was cool to see something that was made by hand in the 12th Century stand the test […]
We found a tour outside of Contiki to take us to a Phnom Penh morning market for breakfast. We took Tuk Tuks to the market at 6 am, and met with our new guide Duckie. She introduced us to the best Cambodian doughnuts I have ever had. I still crave them, they don’t put icing […]
Today was a nice change from the buses, we were able to check out of our hotel and jump on a plane to Cambodia. One thing to note about Asian Airports, they like to call washrooms “happy moments.” Food for thought. Another thing to note, going through customs into Cambodia was terrifying compared to Thailand […]
Today was another driving day – so lets skip that part because I don’t remember it. We arrived at Vientiane I think around 1 or 2, and went to the Laos equivalent of Williams coffee for lunch. I point that out because after recently discovering a dish called laap, all of us were disappointed by […]
Nothing says trip of a life time, like having breakfast beside the river over looking the mountains. This was paradise. This was also going to be a big day. Our tuk tusk arrived at 9 to take us on our Cave Tubbing and Kayaking adventure and we were off! The Tuk Tuks dropped us off […]
Yet another long day of driving. Today was 6-7 hours of driving. With most roads looking like the ones in the photo above (aka lots of twists and turns up and down the mountains.) We used the time wisely and realized that you could make lots of great Laos puns. No puns a-Laos You win […]
Day 8 was a big day. One of the optional excursions on our trip was to give alms to the monks in Luang Prabang. As a monk, you spend your day devoting yourself to Budda, you are not allowed to cook. So in order to eat, the monks walk the streets every day at 6 […]
So we were told that we might be able to wake up and see elephants drinking in the river if we got up early. So we bought croissants the night before, and got up at 5:50 am to see the elephants. We watched the sun rise, but still the elephants were hiding. They finally showed […]
Another big travel day. However very excited to see the rice fields in Northern Thailand. The drive from Chiang Rai to Laos was beautiful. While most of the bus was seeping off a late night, I enjoyed seeing what the far corners of Thailand were like. It something to check off the bucket list. Reaching […]