Best Experiences: Anna Meditating on impermanence to the background music of Buddhist chanting at the glorious Wat Suthat Thepwararam. Chatting pleasantly with the lovely owner of Mitramit Teahouse while nibbling on Thai confections and sipping milk oolong. Making friends with every cat at Caturday Cat Cafe. Aaron and I have really been missing our pets. Continue reading “Bangkok: Highlights Reel”
Category Archives: Highlights
Siem Reap: Highlights Reel
Best Experiences: Anna Birding in Prek Toal: I felt like I’d been dropped into a nature documentary Exploring Beng Mealea with Aaron for hours on Valentine’s Day Playing “I Spy” with the remarkable bas-reliefs of Bayon Best Experiences: Aaron I’ve never seen so many birds as we saw in Prek Toal; really wish I hadn’tContinue reading “Siem Reap: Highlights Reel”
Hoi An: Highlights Reel
Best Experiences: Anna Strolling through the enchantingly-lit streets at night. It’s not called the city of lanterns for nothin’. Strolling through the charmingly-sunny streets during the day. The best part of Hoi An is just the town itself. The yellow, French-colonial cafes lining the river, the botanical touches on every shopfront, the meandering alleys leadingContinue reading “Hoi An: Highlights Reel”
Halong Bay: Highlights Reel
Author’s note: we are skipping “Best Meals” and “Blooper Reel,” because there were none. We were only there for two days. Best Experiences: Anna Not dying while scrambling up and down the treacherous rocks on Cat Ba Island. It was both scary and very fun! Happy houring with our fellow international passengers. I’m going toContinue reading “Halong Bay: Highlights Reel”
Hanoi: Highlights Reel
Best Experiences: Anna That unforgettable canal ride in the Ninh Xuan area. From now on, when someone tells me to go to my happy place, I’ll think of that quiet, concealed cove. Coffee on our first day in Hanoi, out on the balcony of Coffee A. I enjoyed my first ever egg coffee, looking outContinue reading “Hanoi: Highlights Reel”
Luang Prabang: Highlights Reel
Best Experiences: Anna Watching the sunset on the Mekong while Sigur Ros filled my heart with sentiment and frisson during our Sa Sa River Cruise Photographing the fantastical, forested falls at Kuang Si Quenching my thirst with fresh-squeezed sugar cane juice after a hard day of working in the paddies at Living Land Rice FarmContinue reading “Luang Prabang: Highlights Reel”
Chiang Mai: Highlights Reel
Best Experiences: Anna The secluded, derelict beauty of the jungle temple Wat Pha Lat Splashing around the sticky falls at Nam Tok Bua Tong Having my feet washed in the heavenly, perfumed water in the courtyard of Zira Spa after 72 hrs of travel Best Experiences: Aaron Learning to cook laap muu with Arm, whoContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Highlights Reel”
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