Up at 4:00am to make our 6:00am flight to Seattle then on to Chicago then Miami. and finally arrived at Lima airport at 4:30 Friday morning. Grabbed a couple hours of sleep at our hostel then off to check out the sights. It’s much cooler here than I was expecting- coats are not optional. Lima […]
Read More →Jackie and I are off on our latest adventure. This time we will be going to Peru to be amazed by the Nazca lines, the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu and the steamy Amazon Jungle. As always I’ll try and post what we have been up to as often as possible.
Read More →Drive back over the border from Cambodia to Thailand. Border crossing very slow. It would be three hours, but we paid a $10 bribe each to shorten it down to 1 hour. Final farewell dinner with the group. Lots of snacks on the street. Guy sampled worms, crickets, and a scorpion claw. I declined this […]
Read More →Up early to view the magnificent Angkor Wat at sunrise. Some cloud cover, but still a superb sight. We are amazed by the number of tourists biking to see the sunrise – no helmets and no lights on the bikes or on the road. A morning visit to Ta Prohm, the site where Angelina Jolie’s […]
Read More →Today we temple hop near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Our first stop is the spectacular Angkor Wat, a vast complex beautifully reflected in the surrounding moat with its 5 towers. Intricate carvings cover the walls depicting the 37 levels of heaven and the 37 levels of hell, as well as life on earth in between. The […]
Read More →Our next adventure is a visit to a small village for an overnight stay. On the way we visit ancient ruins of Sambor Prei Kuk. These are not Cambodian and look to be Hindu perhaps from the images. The countryside is definitely poorer. The village of Sambor has 600 people who welcome us to their […]
Read More →Have arrived in Cambodia to the capital city of Phnom Penh. On the way our bus had to cross the Mekong River. The travel company had a policy that we must wear life jackets so only Intrepid passengers had to leave the bus and wear life vests. We had to stand on the ramp at […]
Read More →A fantastic day trip to Cu Chi tunnels near Ho Chi Minh with a couple of brief stops on the way. Our first stop was to a factory run by villagers affected by agent orange, followed by a brief stop at the rubber trees one of Vietnam chief exports. The Vietnamese people used the 250 […]
Read More →Short flight to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon). It is very warm and humid here – 27 degrees at 9 a.m. In the afternoon we have a cyclo tour – a bit nerve wracking moving slowly through the frantic traffic, but enjoyable to relax and view the city without having to focus […]
Read More →Last day in Hoi An – many in the group are still shopping! We head out on a 12-km walk to Cau Dai beach. Coconut palms shade the golden sand and we enjoy the cool ocean breeze. Lots of breakers and lots of people jumping the waves. The Vietnamese ladies selling goodies on the beach […]
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