In hopes of pleasing my one blog-post reader (callefille), I'm going to post this just so you know I eventually will post something again. Here are some pictures from the trips...
Their whirlwind trip began with a flight down to Ao Nang, in southern Thailand, taking in the warm beaches, island hoping, and getting a first introduction to Thai food.
The following weekend, we headed to Angkor Wat, the Khmer temple complex built from the 9th to 13th centuries. Hiking around the temples was amazing, as was hearing about the Thai-Cambodia border conflict from our Cambodian tour guide. He knew that I lived in Thailand and spoke Thai, so I think he wanted to impress upon us/me the Cambodian side of things. It took some carefully worded, politically neutral statements to return the conversation to the safely ancient ruins of the Khmer temples.
Our next stop was Hong Kong, where we all were quite cold! However, we did enjoy the many public transportation options available in the city – from the super-express train from the airport to the numerous ferries to the Peak Tram up the mountain to, my favorite, the escalators up the mountain. It was a whirlwind adventure of site-seeing, transportation-hoping, and noodle/dim-sum-eating (that was more me then my new-food-exhausted family). From there, my family headed home and I headed back to belovedly warm Bangkok.
Their whirlwind trip began with a flight down to Ao Nang, in southern Thailand, taking in the warm beaches, island hoping, and getting a first introduction to Thai food.
The fam on a small island off Krabi
Elephant ride through Krabi-area jungles
The following weekend, we headed to Angkor Wat, the Khmer temple complex built from the 9th to 13th centuries. Hiking around the temples was amazing, as was hearing about the Thai-Cambodia border conflict from our Cambodian tour guide. He knew that I lived in Thailand and spoke Thai, so I think he wanted to impress upon us/me the Cambodian side of things. It took some carefully worded, politically neutral statements to return the conversation to the safely ancient ruins of the Khmer temples.
Me and Momma in a temple in Angkor
A picture of a self-portrait (Mom, Uncle Bill, Me)
In front of the famous faces of Bayon temple
Our next stop was Hong Kong, where we all were quite cold! However, we did enjoy the many public transportation options available in the city – from the super-express train from the airport to the numerous ferries to the Peak Tram up the mountain to, my favorite, the escalators up the mountain. It was a whirlwind adventure of site-seeing, transportation-hoping, and noodle/dim-sum-eating (that was more me then my new-food-exhausted family). From there, my family headed home and I headed back to belovedly warm Bangkok.
Freezing in Hong Kong!
THANK YOU. I like pictures with your fam and aunt bill ;-)
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