Just before New Years Alex and I packed a backpack and a Timbuk 2 bag and left our little apartment for a week in Southeast Asia. For one week we were able to escape the bitter cold weather of Seoul, which was a true blessing. December did not prove to be our favorite month, between the busyness of Christmas plays and the strange sadness of Christmas day without family; we couldn't have been happier to take a vacation from it all.
I've taken my time in posting this blog, primarily because looking at someone else's travel pictures is not always desirable, yet I have had many requests for pictures. In response, I have gathered some of our best shots (from the several hundred we took) to show, with simple captions included. Please enjoy at your leisure.
And in place of a complete description of our adventures, let it suffice to say that we loved every moment of our Tuk-Tuk riding, Buddhist temple visiting, zoo animal watching, Thai food consumption, and Ankgor Wat exploring. We would do it all again in a heart beat, for it may have been one of the best weeks we've shared together thus far.
Thailand
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| Elephant statue in the median. |
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| Alex's reflection the Tuk Tuk driver's mirror |
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| The Bangkok Zoo |
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| Our first Pad Thai in Thailand |
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| Pad Kee Mao |
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| Alex interrogating the camel |
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| I don't interrogate, I just look excited. |
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| A monk on a cell phone. |
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| We came for the tigers. |
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| The next day we had breakfast at a little cafe. I ordered fantastic espresso and mango flambe. Amazing! |
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| On our way to the Golden Temple to observe the New Years Day rituals in the Buddhist temple, we stopped for sliced pineapple on the street. A whole pineapple cost $1. I was in love. |
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| One of the many golden Buddhas at the temple. Notice the streamers of money. |
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| At another temple. |
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| A river within the grounds of a Buddhist temple courtyard. Beautiful. |
These pictures conclude the firs two days of our trip.
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