We hired a taxi driver today to take us to the three main things we wanted to see in Phnom Penh - the Killing Fields, the Genocide Museum, and the Shooting Range.
The first stop was the Killing Fields. Just to be brief.. basically, only 30 years ago, over a million innocent people in Cambodia were [...]
We arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia today. Well what can I say, besides it sucks here. LOL. Sorry but it’s true. This is the type of place (unlike Thailand) where you come to see what there is to see, and you never come back.
Phnom Penh is a large, busy city. Very crowded, and tons of [...]
Today we arrived back in Bangkok. We are back here because it is our gateway to Cambodia. By now, I am almost fully recovered with the exception that I still did not have much energy or an appetite, but otherwise, I was good.
We got to Bangkok fairly late in the day, so there really wasn’t [...]
On our first full day in Koh Phangan, I woke up with that tingly feeling in my throat. You know, the one you get when a cold or something is coming on. Well, it sucked, but I felt fine. We had a great day swimming and hanging out by the pool. But towards the end [...]
Today we left Koh Samui to get to Koh Phangan. The only way to get to Koh Phangan is by ferry or speedboat; there are no airports on Koh Phangan. It is a very tiny island, even smaller than Koh Samui.
The ferry ride was nice and cheap, and not too long, either. Once we arrived [...]
We went to go see the Big Buddha today, which - like the name implies - is a gigantic Buddha. It was on the other side of the island in a cool villagey type place, and we walked around there a bit afterwards. Afterwards, we went to the nearby mall (basically the only mall on [...]
On Koh Samui, one very popular tourist attraction is known as the “Grandfather and Grandmother” rock formation. These are rocks that are shaped like male and female genitalia. These were naturally formed rocks. Well, it’s not every day that you see rocks shaped like a penis and a vag, so we went to go check [...]
We decided to have one more spa day before leaving Koh Samui. This time we went to this place that has a forest spa, which is basically an outdoor, hot spring, fresh water type of place that you swim and relax in.. really cool and unique type of spa that you wouldn’t really find in [...]
Today we had an island excursion to Angthong National Park which is about an hour boat ride from Koh Samui. Like I mentioned before, about 42 islands make up this park but we only visited the 2 main islands. The first island we got to is where we were able to go kayaking. We went [...]
Since Koh Samui is the part of Thailand that is known for its spas (there were tons of them) we picked one to go to for a few hours. We each got body scrubs, wraps and 2 hour hot stone massages. Let me just say.. and I think Joe agrees with me on this one.. [...]