On Wednesday, Caitlin and I planned our day around watching the sunset from the Pre Rup temple in Angkor Park. We wanted a second day of exploring the temples in the park first, but we didn't want to exhaust ourselves to the extent that we did on Monday. Because of this, we went for a …
Today, I stepped foot in one of the places I've been dreaming of seeing for years: Angkor Archaeological Park! This UNESCO Heritage Site contains the remains of a number of the capitals of the Khmer Empire from the 9th through the 15th centuries. This was actually the largest pre-industrial city in the world! I've drooled …
Trang An Boat TourAfter breakfast this morning, I took a taxi to one of the biggest tourist destinations in the Ninh Binh province: the Trang An Boat Tour. This is a three-hour ecotourism boat ride that takes you down rivers, past steep limestone mountains, to various temples, and through a number of caves. There are …
Today, I joined my two new London-based friends Sabrina and Justin for a day-trip to Ayutthaya, a city not too far north of Bangkok. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Siam from 1350 until 1767, and the ruins of that old city form the Ayutthaya Historical Park, a UNESCO Heritage archaeological site …
Journeying Jasmine 