THAILAND MAP with week one route
Bankok to Koh Chang to Aranyaprathet/Poipet (Cambodian Border)
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A Perfect Fit
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We were hopeless w/ the Thai language
So we just focused on learning: "Hello", "Please", "Thank...
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Bangkok Tuk-Tuk Taxi driver
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Boat Transportation -fastest way around
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Wat Pho complex in Bangkok
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Vendor snack-Scorps, grubs, grasshopps
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Mmmmm Grasshoppers
Not a tourist gimmick either...people chomp these down by the bag full.
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The Famous Kao San Road-Bangkok
Although in my opinion, its way too crowded with western people. Not our style.
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Approaching Koh Chang
Koh Chang = Elephant Island
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Welcome to Koh Chang
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A first nights welcome
View from Porn Bungalow at Kae Bai
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Beach BBQ menu
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40 Baht = $1
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Kae Bai Beach
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Kai Bae Beach Dogs
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$13/night beach bungalow
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Insanely steep island road
Koh Chang just paved the first road that circles the island a few...
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Bang Boa Fishing Village -S. Koh Chang
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Dried BBQ'd fish for sale
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Bang Boa
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Bang Bao food fare
Red Coconut Curry soup in 98 degree heat
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Shrimp and Squid Curry Stirfry
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Dog Fishing in the Gulf of Thailand
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Koh Chang Overlook.....
We visited and/or snorkeled three of four uninhabited islands by...
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Mr Sai (our elephant)
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The thick jungle
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Inland Koh Chang
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Elephant Trekking
Our guide hopped off and let us ride right on the neck of Sai for a...
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Trading spots
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Our bungalow restaurant
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Another great sunset
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Kayaking the islands
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Our beach front restaurant
reducing the resolution really kills some of these pics..sorry
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Our low key restaurant -no chairs
Don't show the Boulder Public Library this pic..that is their guide book...
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Youngest dog with least hair-Mange!!!
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Hanging outside our porch
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Now its on the porch
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I think its a Water Monitor lizard
Anyone know for sure?
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Gecko
These guys make some serious large animal sounds at night. Always in sets of...
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View from our Bungalow
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"Main Street" at Kae Bai Beach
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Kai Bae beach is getting crowded
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"Gramps" makes it into two pictures
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Favorite beach pic -outside our bungalow
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yes, it is called "Porn Bungalow"!
No funny business going on though...just the owners name, and our home for 1...
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A third for "Gramps"-
Lindsay's favorite beach pooch despite his lack of hair
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Not the worlds most perfect beach....
...but I'll take it any day to getting hit in the head with a...
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buying local goods
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The mosquito infested toilet....
...with complimentary bucket and basin to help it flush down. Not a joy!
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Speaking of skeeters...Our room
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Farang is Thai for Foreigner...fitting
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a fishing boat finished for the day
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At Songkran Festi. -water fights prevail
Also the Thai New Year (April 12-15,(year)2549)
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The Sawngthaew taxi- hold on!
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Leaving Thailand
Boarding a bus to who knows where...as long as its closer to Cambodia we...
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CAMBODIAN MAP with week 2 route
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Poipet -Cambodian Border crossing
No luck with Khmer language either...thank goodness for english subtitles
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hand bike-land mine victim
They still claim 30-40 victims a month, especially in this NW region...
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Heading to the Morning Market
The pain and misery endured by the middle aged and older generations...
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The best 1/2 km section of road...
...in Poipet and the area. The rest of the National Highway is in dispair.
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The Poipet Fire Crew Enroute
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"Cheap Cheap!! You Buy! You Buy!"
NO Thanks..."Why you no buy??" "Why you no like??"
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Dressed up for the Holiday Market
Its New Years in Cambodia after all (April 12-15)
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Poipet's flattened trash
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Young Monk chatting it up
Cell phones revolutionized this ultra poor third world country. Before no one...
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Main Street Poipet
This town had an orange hue from the dust. The pace and the pushy...
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This girl was sent after me to beg ...
by, I assume, her parent(s). I took a lot of inconspicuous hip shots...
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The Khmer Rouge was bombing....
Poipet as recently as 1998..and it shows. The town was probably the most...
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Armed with water guns and taunting me
The New Year is a water festival celebrating the end of the dry season...
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The Poipet Market
The trash is everywhere and unavoidable. In Cambodia, there appears to be no...
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In third world countries, a vehicle ...
...is supposed to represent wealth...Not so in this situation. It was running...
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Rare side-car Tuk Tuk taxi
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Cambodian children are everywhere
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Taxi Resale
A Local boy tries to resell us our overheated taxi (Toyota Camery...
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Local tansportation on Natl Highway
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Cattle Crossing the National Highway
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Tuk Tuk to the Temples of Angkor Wat
$12 for Mr. Pidor for 14 hours of unlimited taxi service at Angkor Wat...
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Angkor Wat at cloudy sunrise
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observing the temple carvings
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Temple Carvings
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Possibly an ancient pool
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Angkor Wat steps
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The view from the top of the steps
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The only road to Ta Prohm Wat
Ta Prohm Wat is the "Jungle" temple.
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The ooz-like Strangler Fig
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The Milkman -Khmer coconut style
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Ta Prohm
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Its an amazing place
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Observing a Buddhist prayer ceremony
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More strangler fig consuming Ta Prohm
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Prayer Flags
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Good Luck Ceremony
Lindsay, two women, one man (with hair)
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Wild Monkeys of Seim Reab
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Monkey pause for over-cowded taxi
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This sight is quite common
the drive/owner of the truck gets paid by each person. albeit a very small...
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The Bayon Wat
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Resident Gecko
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Tuk Tuk deluxe
Driver very proud. $800 for bike $500 for trailer. When many...
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Seim Reab Market
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Weighing live fish on rudimentary scales
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Still, albeit barely, alive ?catfish?
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Notice the bloody foot with fish guts
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Drive up shopping
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Locals Home -Siem Reab / Phnom Penh
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Phnom Penh-Sisowath Quay (Road)
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Phnom Wat display -lit just for me
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Shanty Market viewed from Phnom Wat
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Life Passes On
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Lake Veggies/Fruits
They certainly didn't taste like fruit as they claimed to be.
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Bathing in the Tonle Sap river
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Laundry in the Tonle Sap River
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Family of Four - one bike
Seating capacity is only a suggestion.
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Fishing the Tonle Sap River
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Fisherman's homes on the Tonle Sap River
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Christian Fellowship Tourism deluxe boat
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Working Cambodian elephants
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Non-profit Orphanage Restaurant
Cambodia is a nation with nearly 40% of the population under 15 years old...
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Befriending street kids at the orphanage
We spent about 7 straight hours hanging out here with these street kids. They...
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Read the sign
What a great example of the effort put into offering the services in english.
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