Survive & Thrive in Korea
As you know for Chuseok I went on a mini-vacation to Beijing with my friends Samarra and Ryan. At first we planned on going with a tour group, but there was a snag with getting all the spots we needed. This turned out to be a boon because we feared that a tour group would […]
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Well this is the last post about Cambodia. Can you believe it? I can’t it seems like I’ve been posting about it forever. It will be like saying goodbye to a favorite pet. Sheila’s expression sums up all the bad parts of the trip including the accident, stolen cameras, and malaria vaccination overdoses.The youngster reminds […]
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Ta Prohm is another of the many temples at Angkor. It has been left mostly untouched and the jungle trees have taken up residence inside the cracks and crevices. The site was constructed by King Jayavarman VII in honor of his family. The records found on site reveal that over 12,000 people called the temple […]
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Bet you thought my chronicle of Cambodia was over? Wrong! There is still much more to come and lets kick things off with Preah Khan. This temple situated near Angkor Thom. The name in modern times translates as “holy sword”. Nature has run rampant over this temple and careful efforts of the World Monuments Fund […]
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The third tunnel is one of four digging attempts by the North Koreans to dig their way into Seoul and invade. Unbelievable, right? Scary to think they actually tried it four times! They are nothing if not persistent. The DMZ theater showed a docudrama of a little girl wandering among the barb wire and mine […]
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Sunset at Phnom Bakheng is one of the main highlights of the Angkor experience. Tons of tourists make the hike up the winding trail to the temple above. Some take elephants up and down while most just bear the walk. The temple has five tiers and seven levels which represent the seven Hindu heavens. […]
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