Bangkok Day 3 Today we didn't really have much of a plan so we slept in till 9:00 and then went down to the hotels buffet. I forgot to mention this in previous days, but the buffet is so good and oddly enough they have things that we would normally eat for dinner at breakfast. I have a hard time eating some of these things so early in the morning such as stir fry, chicken dishes, fried rice, etc. but mom is loving it. We then went to this giant mall but it was so funny to see all the Thai girls running around and the mall was HUGE, it was basically 6 floors of Forever 21 clothes. We then wandered around to a different area of town where we had to walk past all ... read more

Bangkok ***First and foremost, we are safe and Bangkok has no evidence of any violence left..so no one worry about us here!*** To get from Koh Samui to Bangkok was an adventure in itself. We started off in a van from our hotel, mom and I were the first ones to be picked up and we thought there would be no stops. Wrong, we stopped 7 more times, and by the time we got to the ferry we had 14 people plus our luggage packed in the van, strangers were practically sitting on each others laps. We did meet a nice girl from Israel who kind of attached herself to us for the duration of the trip, it was great! The ferry ride was about 1.5 hours, not a very nice boat, but we did meet ... read more

Koh Samui Island What a complete transition from the jungle. After finally arriving here after minivan, ferry, and taxi we settled in and had just enough time to go walk on the beach to find some dinner. Our hotel is within walking distance of the main part of the town although it looks like something out of the Flintstones bedrock. It has a giant computer/tv in the room where we have been able to get online including skype and catch up with a few of our friends. Our first night we walked on the beach and were so surprised to find that all the beach front hotels had set up a restaurant of sorts right there on the waterfront. It really was beautiful to look down the stretch of the beach and see all the lights ... read more

Ancient Angkor Second day in Cambodia we mainly devoted to seeing all the temples. The most famous being Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom although we saw quite a few more including Bapuon, the elephant terrace, Leper King Terrace, Phimeankas, Thommanon, and Chao Say Tevoda just to name a few. Many of these temples were built over 900 years ago mainly for deities and kings of the time. The stones were hauled via elephants miles away from where the temples were actually built. We saw many monks dressed in their traditional garb and after inquires learned they make a pilgrimage to the temples. For some reason that we didn't learn, the stairs on all of the temples are extremely steep and narrow, very hard to climb and descend. They have no signs warning you and the ... read more