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As planned, the day was spent in Ayutthaya. It is interesting to observe how this small city combing its historic heritage with sleepy half-modern urbanization. There are about 500 (!) ancient temples/stupas/palaces spread over the old part of the town. In fact, most of them are nicely presented Khmer style ruins that leave a lot of space for imagination. Although, after Angkor Wat these ruins are not breath-taking, Ayutthaya is still a worth to visit. At the end of the tour we visited Bang Pa-In palace which is (still occasionally) used as a Royal summer palace. Most of the palace, as seen today, was built at the end of the 19 century and it teleports you in second into central Europe - gardens, arhitecture, canals, statues - all are planned and constructed to resemble the "big ... read more

Telegraphic Reprt: Day 1 in Siem Reap - A few Buddist temples inside the city - Angkor National Museum - Wandering around Day 2 (first day at the Angkor Archaeological park) - Angkor Thom (Bayon temple, Phimeanakas temple, Terrace of the elephants) - Angkor Wat Day 3 (second day at the Angkor Archaeological park) - Banteay Srei temple - East Mebon temple - Pre Rup temple - Neak Pean temple - Preah Khan temple - Phnom Bakhen (mountain and temple) Day 4 (third day at the Angkor Archaeological park) - today - Some more (!) small temples - Ta Prohm (tomb rider) temple - Kampong Pluk and flooded forest Day 5 - today Rest day Tomorrow Bus to Bangkok Insights: - I loooove Cambodians. - Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are really impressive. - Three days ... read more

I'll start from the end and then return to the forest trek. Yesterday at the evening, right after we returned from the trek, i went to a travel agency in order to check possible flight dates from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. At the agency i learned that there are no available flights at the days i was looking for (3-4 days starting 8.11) and that my best option is to cut one day of Luang Namta plans and to catch a flight on 7.11. At the moment i was checking there were only 3 available seats for that flight. Therefore i booked the flight and bought a minivan ticket to Luang Prabang for the following (today's) morning. So i am back in Luang Prabang and the day after tomorrow i am flying to Cambodia. Now ... read more

As planned, yesterday we spent our day swimming at the Kuang Si waterfalls, visiting Bear Rescue Centre (near by) and wandering around Luang Prabang at the eve time. Short photo report attached for your entertainment. Today, after 8 hours ride in a mini-van, i arrived at Luang NamTa. Tomorrow i am biking the area and looking for partners for the forest camp trek.... read more

It is common to say that you really like it or hate it. After 3 days in Vang Vieng i can sum and say that it is a really nice and relaxing place if you are coming in the right mood. If not - you have nothing to do here. The most famous Vang Vieng time spending is tubing. It can last 2-3 hours (if you are just tubing) or to become a whole day journey (if you stop at every bar on the river bank to drink some cold beer and jump every swing / from every tower into the river). I met some tourists that already spent a week tubing every day for the whole day.... On my first day here i went to a one-day trekking tour into the mountains. Must admit that ... read more